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Table 2 Participants’ pre- and post-intervention practices in discussing intimate partner violence (IPV) with identified sufferers

From: Training Sri Lankan public health midwives on intimate partner violence: a pre- and post-intervention study

Variable

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

n (%)

n (%)

Discussed the experience of IPV with all identified IPV sufferers *

Yes

201 (67.3)

387 (96.5)

No

98 (32.7)

15 (3.5)

Solutions suggested after discussing IPV **

Advised sufferers to be patient and tolerant with the perpetrator

117 (58.2)

5 (1.3)

Asked sufferers to seek help from family/friends

59 (29.4)

299 (77.1)

Asked sufferers to report violence to the police

34 (16.9)

29 (7.5)

Helped sufferers report violence to the police

3 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

Referred sufferers to the Medical Officer of Health/IPV services

13 (6.5)

87 (22.4)

Suggested sufferers improve communication with partners

21 (10.4)

118 (30.4)

Acted as mediators and helped sufferers solve problems with their partners

2 (1.0)

61 (15.7)

If IPV was not discussed, the reason was… **

I believed it was a personal matter

36 (36.7)

0 (0.0)

I thought I might humiliate the sufferer

22 (22.4)

0 (0.0)

I thought the sufferer would get angry if asked

24 (24.5)

6 (37.5)

The sufferer didn’t like to talk

16 (16.3)

14 (87.5)

  1. *p < 0.01; **More than one response allowed.