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The study included 11 779 (weighted) women aged 15 to 54 years who were selected for questions on domestic violence. Multinomial regression was used to estimate the relative risk of experiencing physical abuse, emotional abuse or both types of violence compared to experiencing none.\nResults:\u00a0While 12% and 9.7% of the respondents reported experiencing only physical and emotional IPV, respectively, almost a quarter (21.7%) were subject to both forms of IPV in the same period. The probability of experiencing both forms of IPV was highest among those whose partners showed controlling behaviour, consumed alcohol, had lower levels of education and had been employed in the past year. The risk of experiencing IPV increased with lower educational attainment among participants, longer relationship duration, number of co-wives, and was higher among those employed.\nConclusion:\u00a0The study recommends counselling interventions, improved access to education and coordinated responses involving key stakeholders. Addressing IPV requires context-specific strategies, the establishment of safe houses and enhanced data systems to monitor its prevalence and trends.\nContribution:\u00a0The study emphasises on the mental healthcare for women who experience IPV.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/phcfm.v17i1.4921","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,29]],"date-time":"2025-09-29T12:15:22Z","timestamp":1759148122000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Dual intimate partner violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Zambia and Zimbabwe"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6588-4271","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Keatlegile M.E.","family":"Mabena","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/048cwvf49","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2009-4457","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karabo","family":"Mhele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/010f1sq29","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"North-West University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6845-1460","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wandile F.","family":"Tsabedze","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/048cwvf49","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","unstructured":"WHO. 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