Chair for Public Health and Health Sciences, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology
Violence during pregnancy
Profile
- Institute:
- Chair for Public Health and Health Sciences, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology
- Subject area:
- Violence against women and children, Public Health and Epidemiology
- Number of open position:
- 1-2
- Project title:
- Violence during pregnancy
- Project time plan:
- Full Doctoral Study-Model: 36 or 48 months
- Language requirements:
- Oral English: fluent to communicate with project partners in Bangladesh and LMU.
Written English – see below. - Academic requirements:
- Strong subject interest in violence research with proven prior engagement in the topic area, quantitative research skills with knowledge in R or STATA and willingness to learn new analysis methods. Qualitative research skills and exposure are also welcome.
Intimate partner violence is a recognised development and public health issue. Nearly one in three women globally are estimated to have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by their partner during their lifetime (Sardinha 2022). One of the times in life when women are believed to be spared from violence is pregnancy, a period when the well-being of the women and their unborn child is often prioritized. Yet, the reality is different. Worldwide, the prevalence of physical intimate partner violence during pregnancy ranges from 1 to 28 percent. One in four women abused during pregnancy report that the violence was directed at their abdomen (Devries 2010).
The PhD projects would be situated within the ERC-funded IMPROVE_LIFE project held by Prof. Stöckl and either 1) utilize data from the additional round of an existing cohort study that is currently collected from mothers, daughters and sons for IMPROVE_LIFE or 2) by conducting secondary analysis of a UK cohort study. Both analyses would investigate the long-term and intergenerational health and social effects and risk markers of violence during pregnancy, with the opportunity for students to pick their specific area of focus within the broad topic. Both datasets, from Bangladesh and the UK offer the opportunity to include biomarker data in addition to self-reported data on violence experiences collected among mother-child pairs over 25 years. In addition, students can also conduct multi-country analyses of cross-sectional data of the demographic and health surveys on the topic of violence during pregnancy.
To applicants: Please send following initial application documents to LMU-CSC Office before 7th December:
- Resume and Research Motivation Letter
- Certificate of Proficiency in English, equivalent to IELTS Test Academic 6.5 (no module below 6) or TOEFL IBT 95, is required
- Two letters of recommendation directly sent from your current Supervisors/Professors to LMU-CSC Office
Contact LMU-CSC Office: csc.international@lmu.de