Intimate partner violence during pregnancy against adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.
Caroline Adjimi NyemgahMeghna RanganathanHeidi StöcklPublished in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2024)
This review found evidence of a linkage between pregnancy and IPV during pregnancy among adolescents. Given the long-term negative effects of IPV during pregnancy on adolescents and children, this conclusion points to the critical need for developing interventions to improve IPV detection during pregnancy in SSA among adolescents to interrupt its continuation into adulthood.