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The analysis included 7229 women aged between 15 and 49 and used logistic regression to show the association of physical and sexual violence with pregnancy compilations. The analysis controlled for some potential variables and followed complex survey design factors such as strata, clusters, and survey weights. Results: Fully adjusted regression model shows that the women who experienced physical violence were 21% (adjusted odds ratio [OR]=1.21; confidence interval [CI]=0.98, 1.50; P&lt;0.1) more likely to endure pregnancy complications compared to those who did not face the violence. Likewise, the women experiencing sexual violence were 89% (adjusted OR=1.89; CI=1.37, 2.62; P&lt;0.01) higher to face pregnancy complications than those who did not face any of sexual violence. More specifically, physically and sexually violated women were highly prey to the complications that increased with the increment of the violence. Conclusion: This study adds that policymakers may formulate policies for ensuring 3C (caring couple counselling) by readdressing couple relationships, raising gender rights and awareness, providing reproductive health literacy, and increasing mental health awareness during pregnancy. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.34172\/hpp.2021.61","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,19]],"date-time":"2021-12-19T12:12:03Z","timestamp":1639915923000},"page":"485-491","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["He hurts her womb: Physical-sexual violence and pregnancy complications among women in Afghanistan"],"prefix":"10.34172","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9354-5613","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mostafizur","family":"Rahman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Science and Humanities, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University, Old Airport, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0973-0128","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Priom","family":"Saha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nahida","family":"Anwar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Philosophy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6660-9917","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Afnan","family":"Hossain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"20123","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,19]]},"container-title":["Health Promotion Perspectives"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/hpp.tbzmed.ac.ir\/PDF\/hpp-11-485.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/hpp.tbzmed.ac.ir\/PDF\/hpp-11-485.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,19]],"date-time":"2021-12-19T12:12:03Z","timestamp":1639915923000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/hpp.tbzmed.ac.ir\/Article\/hpp-34521"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,19]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/hpp.2021.61","relation":{},"ISSN":["2228-6497"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2228-6497","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,19]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Tabriz University of Medical Sciences","name":"journal_owner","label":"Journal Owner"},{"value":"Tabriz University of Medical Sciences","name":"journal_publisher","label":"Journal Publisher"},{"value":"2021-06-12","order":1,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2021-08-11","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2021-12-19","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}