The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Social Health: A Swedish Population Study
This project analyses intimate partner violence and its connection to social health based on the Swedish population study Violence, Health, and Life Outcomes 2025–2028. The purpose is to develop our understanding of the relationship between violence exposure and aspects of social health to contribute to improved care and intervention.
DOCTORAL PROJECT The research project focuses on intimate partner violence and its connection to social health and will be included in the population study Violence, Health, and Life Outcomes 2025–2028. Despite the World Health Organization’s acknowledgement of social wellbeing as an fundamental aspect of individual health, social health has been historically understudied and ill-defined in the field of health sciences. To date, there is very limited research on social health on a population-wide level, both in Sweden and internationally.
In the project, the prevalence of intimate partner violence among the Swedish population will be analysed, with special focus on how individuals subjected to violence self-report experiences of social isolation and loneliness quality of social function, and satisfaction with social support. The project consists of four substudies; A systematic literature review which summarizes how social health has been defined and measured within the field, and three quantitative studies analyse potential pathways between exposure to various types of IPV and social health..
The research project intends to shed light as to how intimate partner violence affects the social health of individuals. The expectation is that the results will contribute to improved care and support for individuals who have been exposed to violence as well as to a deeper knowledge of social health within the field of healthcare.