title: Factors associated with intimate partner physical violence among health service users.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence against women and identify factors associated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study comprising 504 women aged 15 to 49 years users of five primary care clinics in a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, in 2008. Face-to-face interviews were carried out using a questionnaire consisting of 119 questions on sociodemographic information, reproductive health, perceptions of gender roles in the marital relationship and experience of violence. Univariate and multiple regression analyses were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More than a third of the women reported intimate partner violence. In the multiple regression analysis factors predisposing to violence included living in rental housing, sexual abuse during childhood, the partner's experience of physical violence during childhood, alcohol and drug use by the woman and her partner, and woman's perception of her partner's temperament.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The factors identified produced a predictive model that can be used to assess a woman's risk of experiencing intimate partner violence.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Social, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil. bmeloni@fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Elisabeth Meloni
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Gleici da Silva Castro
authors.initials: Gda S
authors.lastname: Perdona
authors.forename: Manoel Antonio dos
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult