title: Occurrence of domestic violence among women and its impact on oral health in Jodhpur City.
abstract: This study had a two objectives to determine the prevalence of domestic violence and to know the impact of the same on the oral health.
  
  
  
  An observational cross-sectional study was done in Jodhpur, Rajasthan; among 150 married women of 18 to 60 years of age using a predesigned pretested proforma from 18th January 2014 to 27th February 2014. Pretested semistructured open-ended questionnaire used for collecting the data from the study subjects. Pearson's Chi-square test and p-value were used to calculated the occurrence and impact of domestic violence on oral health among women.
  
  
  
  The most common form of domestic violence found was physical abuse (54.7%) followed by emotional abuse (20.0%) and financial abuse (14.0%). The most important risk factor was alcoholism followed by literacy status and having a girl child. Study shows that physical abuse is more in graduate than lower level of educational females. Females living in urban area show highest frequency of physical abuse than those living in rural area. Injury to the face were highly reported (38.7%) followed by injury to lip (13.3%) and nose fracture/bleeding nose (9.3%).
  
  
  
  Government has to take stringent action to prevent domestic violence by making women more self-reliant especially by making women more literate and more financially independent.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, C-7 Shiv Om Shakti, Pewa Nagar, Near Subham Farm House, Pal Road, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Phone: 09950837778, e-mail: ppewa1988@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Preksha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pewa
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Rushabh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dagli
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Jitendra
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solanki
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Geetika
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Bharath
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Garla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008046:Lip / Q000293:injuries; D000067010:Literacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000293:injuries; D009909:Oral Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016387:Women's Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Domestic violence; Emotional abuse; Physical abuse.