Identifying Domestic Violence as a Public Health Problem Through the Lens of Public Health Criteria

Domestic Violence-DV, including violences conducted by intimate partners and other family members, is an acute problem of current world, hampering not only physical and mental health of victims but also imposing psychological problems among the children of family. Although this problem is widespread in developing country like Bangladesh, but still not recognized as public health problem. This paper tried to identify the DV as public health problem as it meets all four criteria for becoming public health problem.

Domestic violence, Physical and mental health

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