A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NURSING INTERVENTION ON PREVALENCE AND PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG MARRIED WOMEN AT A SELECTED AREAS IN INDORE, M.P.

Abstract

Marriage is a socially recognized union or legal contract between spouse that establishes rights and obligations between them and their children.

Traditionally in an Indian family, the wife is typically dependent, submissive, compliant, and non-assertive and need to please her husband first. Women are entrusted with the responsibility of looking after the home and caring for the children and the elderly parents and relatives. Now a day, there has been a substantial increase in the number of middle- and upper-class women working to supplement their husbands' incomes. Cultural and household stress factors contribute to the prevalence of domestic violence.

Domestic violence is a global issue reaching across national boundaries as well as socio-economic, cultural, racial and class distinctions. This problem is not only widely dispersed geographically, but its incidence is also extensive, making it a typical and accepted behavior. Domestic violence is wide spread, deeply ingrained and has serious impacts on women's health and well-being. Its continued existence is morally indefensible. Its cost to individuals, to health systems and to society is enormous.

Domestic violence mentions any violence, abusive behaviour, whether physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, verbal, or financial, in which one person controls and dominates another within an intimate relationship. Domestic  violence has not only a divesting societal problem but also a severe medical and mental health problem worldwide