After 2008, Chinese women’s education, overall health and nutrient intake has been positive changes for almost 5 years(UNICEF, 2016). In the State of the World’s Children 2016 statistical tables, we found that the young literary rate between male and female is basically the same level and most women tend to have a longer life expectancy than men(UNICEF, 2016). Today, these good changes still increased and developed more steady under the development of healthcare system and education. However, the attention of IPV(Intimate Partner Violence) has been ignored in the public’s insight. According to the research, Intimate partner violence in china: National Prevalence, risk factors and associated health problems(2004), 34% of women and 18% of men had been through IPV in their relationship and the risk factors included sexual jealousy, patriarchal beliefs, low female contribution to household income, alcohol consumption and so on. We can found that women suffered more violence compared to the men in this research. The consequence of IPV can develop a lot of negative mental illness for women’s health. In the Tiwari’s article(2010), the researchers found that the impact of IPV can also increased the depressive symptoms of Chinese women. The biggest reason of IPV in Chinese culture is social harmony and gender inequality. “18 studies has found a weighted mean prevalence of depression of 47.6% among abused women, which is much higher than the lifetime rates of betwwen 10.2% and 21.3% found in the general US female population”(Tiwari, 2010). From here, we can also see that IPV can be used as a risk factor for Chinese women’s mortality. 

From a cultural standpoint, Chinese women are more likely to suffer from domestic violence than men, but because of some factors in social status, they are the one who tolerate or not hold the husband or lover’s legally responsibility of IPV. The cultural impact in China, the first reaction of the public would be the female reputation rather than the damage she received in this relationship. From a public health standpoint, I found that the research of Chinese IPV has always showed the incomplete information since the attention of IPV is not significant in China. However from a global perspective, IPV is a very serious behavior that impacts both physical and mental health in population. According to the Karkurt’s article(2014), the outcome of IPV have depression, Post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, and self-esteem. This article also found that the impact of IPV on women is not a lifelong victim and it can be cured in professional ways.  IPV is now lacking in Chinese people’s attention to it, and many victims are not being treated with reasonable treatment and respect social identity. Therefore, I think this health problem is an important thing that can be improved in the future but needs people to pay attention to it.

Reference:

UNICEF(2016). The state of the world’s children 2016 statistical tables. UNICEF organization

Parish, W. L., Wang, T., Laumann, E. O., Pan, S., & Luo, Y. (2004). Intimate partner violence in china: National prevalence, risk factors and associated health problems. International Family Planning Perspectives, 30(4), 174-181.

Tiwari, A., PhD., Fong, D. Y. T., PhD., Yuen, K. H., PhD., Yuk, H., M.SoSc, Pang, P., M.SoSc, Humphreys, J., PhD., & Bullock, L., PhD. (2010). Effect of an advocacy intervention on mental health in chinese women survivors of intimate partner violence: A randomized controlled trial: The journal of the american medical association the journal of the american medical association. Jama, 304(5), 536-43. Karakurt, G., Smith, D., & Whiting, J. (2014). Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women’s Mental Health. Journal of family violence, 29(7), 693–702. doi:10.1007/s10896-014-9633-2