Moonesinghe, LN2011-02-142011-02-1420022002Moonesinghe, LN, The Prevalence and correlates of physical abuse within marriage in a cohort of pregnant women in the Badulla district, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo PGIM, 2002: p.http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/127912Dissertation: MD (Community Medicine), Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo: PGIM, 2002.The objective of this study was to develop and validate a screening instrument (abuse assessment questionnaire) for use in antenatal clinics for the identification of physical abuse and to describe the extent, severity and psychosocial correlates of abuse within marriage, in a cohort of pregnant women in the Badulla district, Sri Lanka.This study concludes that physical abuse is a profound public health and a social problem for women be sensitised and screened for physical abuse in the antenatal clinic by trained public health midwives. It also recommends intervention of key issues that bring about abuse, primarily alcohol consumption by men and the initiation if support services for victims of abuse.en-USPost Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo, PGIM: Sri Lanka HELLIS NetworkSpouse abuseViolencePrevalenceCohort StudiesPregnancyThesis