Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change

K Hay, L McDougal, V Percival, S Henry, J Klugman… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Restrictive gender norms and gender inequalities are replicated and reinforced in health
systems, contributing to gender inequalities in health. In this Series paper, we explore how …

[HTML][HTML] Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion: global barriers to women's reproductive control

JG Silverman, A Raj - PLoS medicine, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Jay Silverman and Anita Raj discuss the policies and interventions required to address the
range of poor reproductive outcomes for women and adolescents, including loss of …

Adolescent female sex workers: invisibility, violence and HIV

JG Silverman - Archives of disease in childhood, 2011 - adc.bmj.com
A large number of female sex workers are children. Multiple studies demonstrate that up to
40% of women in prostitution started this work prior to age 18. In studies across India, Nepal …

Dating violence against adolescent girls and associated substance use, unhealthy weight control, sexual risk behavior, pregnancy, and suicidality

JG Silverman, A Raj, LA Mucci, JE Hathaway - jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
ContextIntimate partner violence against women is a major public health concern. Research
among adults has shown that younger age is a consistent risk factor for experiencing and …

[BOOK][B] The batterer as parent: Addressing the impact of domestic violence on family dynamics

L Bancroft, JG Silverman, D Ritchie - 2011 - books.google.com
Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective sometimes applied to viewing the emotional
and developmental risks to battered children, The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact …

Pregnancy coercion, intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy

E Miller, MR Decker, HL McCauley, DJ Tancredi… - Contraception, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Reproductive control including pregnancy coercion (coercion by male
partners to become pregnant) and birth control sabotage (partner interference with …

Prevalence of child marriage and its effect on fertility and fertility-control outcomes of young women in India: a cross-sectional, observational study

A Raj, N Saggurti, D Balaiah, JG Silverman - The lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Background Child marriage is a substantial barrier to social and economic development in
India, and a primary concern for women's health. We assessed the prevalence of child …

Masculine gender roles associated with increased sexual risk and intimate partner violence perpetration among young adult men

MC Santana, A Raj, MR Decker, A La Marche… - Journal of urban …, 2006 - Springer
This study sought to assess the association between traditional masculine gender role
ideologies and sexual risk and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration behaviors in …

Intimate partner violence victimization prior to and during pregnancy among women residing in 26 US states: associations with maternal and neonatal health

JG Silverman, MR Decker, E Reed, A Raj - American journal of obstetrics …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a population-based assessment of associations of intimate partner
violence in the year prior to and during pregnancy with maternal and neonatal morbidity …

“Coaching boys into men”: A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a dating violence prevention program

E Miller, DJ Tancredi, HL McCauley, MR Decker… - Journal of adolescent …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Dating violence (DV)—physical, sexual, and psychological aggression in
adolescent romantic relationships—is prevalent among youth. Despite broad calls for …