Risk factors associated with sexual violence towards girls in Swaziland

Breiding, Matthew J.; Reza, Avid; Gulaid, J. A.; Blanton, Curtis; Mercy, James A.; Dahlberg, Linda L.; Dlamini, Nonhlanhla; Bamrah, Sapna

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“…Ohene and others [7] report that, among researchers across the world, with particular reference to studies from Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Ghana, individual, family, peer, and community risk factors have been documented to account for the perpetration of youth violence [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Some studies have reported on the influence of violent communities on violent learning behaviors which manifest in later years of child's development into youthful stage [19,20].…”

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Understanding Youth Violence in Kumasi: Does Community Socialization Matter? A Cross-Sectional Study

Barnie

Nyarko

Dapaah

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Urban Studies Research

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Violence by young people is one of the most visible forms of social disorder in urban settlements. This study assesses the causes and consequences of youth violence in the Kumasi metropolis. The study design was a nonexperimental cross-sectional survey. A mixed method approach facilitated the random sampling of 71 young people in the Kumasi metropolis through a stratified procedure between December 2014 and November 2015. Ten (10) participants were purposively selected and enrolled in a focus group discussion. Descriptive statistics formed the basis for the analysis. This was supported with a matched discourse analysis of the emerging themes. More than half of the youth (39, 54.9%) demonstrated history of ever engaging in violence in the past one year of whom 24 (61.5%) were without formal education. The frequency of the violence perpetuation ranged from daily engagement (3, 4%) to weekly engagement in violence (12, 17%). Principally, the categories of youth violence were manifested in noise making, rape, murder, stealing, drug addiction, obscene gestures, robbery, sexual abuse, and embarrassment. Peer pressure and street survival coping approaches emerged as the pivotal factors that induced youth violence. Addressing youth violence requires an integrative framework that incorporates youth perspectives, government, chiefs, and nongovernmental organizations in Ghana, and religious bodies.

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Understanding Youth Violence in Kumasi: Does Community Socialization Matter? A Cross-Sectional Study

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Dapaah

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“…Estos resultados son consistentes con los de estudios de encuestas. Así Mwangi y col. [27], Breiding y col. [28] y Reza y col. [29] mostraron como población vulnerable a los menores de edad, adolescentes y jóvenes; del sexo femenino y con bajo nivel de escolaridad.…”

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“…Los resultados mostraron que más de la mitad (52,9%) de su población de estudio, había consumido menos de tres comidas el día anterior y el 34,8% (1.287/3.706) eran menores trabajadores que no estudiaban. Así mismo Mwangi y col. [27] y Breiding y col. [28] reportaron Caracterización de los casos de violencia sexual atendidos en dos instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud del municipio de Palmira-Valle Del Cauca, Colombia. prevalencia en menores de edad que se desarrollan en hogares con bajos ingresos, reflejado en bajo nivel de escolaridad.…”

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Caracterización de los casos de violencia sexual atendidos en dos instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud del municipio de Palmira-Valle Del Cauca, Colombia.

Salcedo-Cifuentes

Pino

Cortes³

2018

Rev. Médica Risaralda

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ResumenIntroducción: la violencia sexual es un problema de salud pública que afecta especialmente a menores, adolescentes y mujeres. Muchos de estos casos son atendidos en servicios de salud y no son conocidos por los operadores de justicia.Objetivo: caracterizar los casos de presuntas víctimas de delito sexual atendidas en los servicios de urgencias de dos instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud de mediana y alta complejidad del municipio de PalmiraValle del Cauca entre el 2012 y el 2015.Materiales y Métodos: estudio descriptivo, realizado con el total de los casos atendidos en dos instituciones de salud durante el periodo de estudio. A las variables cuantitativas se les calcularon medidas de tendencia central y dispersión; a las variables cualitativas, se les calcularon proporciones y razones. Se uso la prueba chi2 para explorar diferencias estadísticamente significativas (p≤0,05) entre las variables.Resultados: un total de 40 casos fueron identificados durante el periodo de estudio, el 95% fueron mujeres, 65% menores de edad. En el 70% de los casos la víctima conocía a su agresor; 50% se consumaron en la residencia de la víctima o el agresor. El uso de la fuerza, la amenaza, el chantaje y el engaño, fueron las principales formas de abordaje e inducción al silencio empleadas por el agresor.Conclusiones: las características de los eventos contra la libertad, integridad y formación sexual en las dos instituciones, son persistentes y comparables con estudios en otros países. La mayoría de las víctimas son mujeres y adolescentes de bajos estratos socioeconómicos, usuarias del sistema de salud subsidiado, cuyo agresor era alguien conocido. Palabras Claves: delitos sexuales, Violencia contra la mujer, Salud Sexual, Acoso sexual. Copyright © Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. 1995-2017. Todos los derechos reservados ® Characterization of sexual violence treated at two provider of health care institutions of the municipality of Palmira-Valle Del Cauca, Colombia. Abstract Introduction: sexual violence is a public health problem that affects especially to children, adolescents and women. Many of these cases are treated in health services and are not known by justice office.Objective: to characterize the alleged victims of sexual crime treated in the emergency department of two institutions providing health services in medium and high complexity in the municipality of Palmira-Valle del Cauca in 2012-2015. Materials and Methods:we conducted a prevalence, retrospective study performed in the total of the cases attended in two institutions that provide health services during the study period. Quantitative variables were measured with central tendency and dispersion, for qualitative variables proportions and reasons were calculated as well. The chi2 test was used to explore differences between variables.Results: 40 cases were included, 95% were women and 65% children. In 70% of cases the perpetrator was known by the victim and 72.5% of cases occurred at victim's residence. The ...

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“…Compensating factors include good temperament, high intelligence, elasticity, high adaptive ability, physical attractiveness, social and interpersonal skills, capabilities, successful coping skills, problem solving skills and history of having good parents (33,34). There is limited data about clinical risks for psychiatric disorder in the literature; and previous studies evaluated psychopathologies developed after abuse in general (2,13).…”

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Attachment, Emotion Recognition and Impulsivity: As A Risk of Child Sexual Abuse

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Objective: It has been reported that certain children are more at risk of sexual abuse: these risks factors are defined as individual, familial, social and institutional factors. However, data from clinical risks in the literature is limited. In this study, we aimed to determine the clinical risk factors of sexual abuse.Materials and Methods: 22 female and 12 male, sexually abused children and 34 healthy volunteer children were involved in this study. Patients and volunteers were assessed with the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), Reading Mind from Eyes Test (RMET) and the UPPS impulsive behavior scale.Results: There were no significant differences in maternal attachment scores in either group but the paternal attachment scores were statistically significantly lower in the study group. The RMET scores were statistically significantly lower in the study group than in the control group. The UPPS impulsive behavior scale non-persistence subscores were statistically significantly higher in the study group than in the control group.Conclusion: Sexual abuse is known as the most difficult type of trauma to treat and preventing the risk of identification is of the utmost importance. Further studies with larger sample are needed to determine the clinical risk factors of sexual abuse.Keywords: Child; Sexual Abuse; Attachment; Emotion Recognition; Impulsivity. ÖzetAmaç: Bazı çocukların cinsel istismar riski daha fazla olduğu bildirilmiş olup: bu risk faktörleri bireysel, ailevi, sosyal ve kurumsal faktörler olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Buna rağmen literatürdeki klinik riskler ile ilgili bu veriler kısıtlıdır. Bu nedenle, çalışmamızda cinsel istismarın klinik risk faktörlerini belirlemeyi amaçladık.Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmaya 22 kız, 12 erkek olmak üzere cinsel istismara uğrayan 34 çocuk ve 34 sağlıklı gönüllü dahil edildi. Çalış-maya alınan her iki grup Ebeveyne Bağlama Ölçeği (EBÖ), Gözlerden Zihin Okuma Testi ve UPPS dürtüsel davranış ölçeği ile değerlendirildi.Bulgular: Her iki grupta anne bağlanma skorlarında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık saptanmazken, baba bağlanma puanları istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derecede düşük bulundu. Gözlerden Zihin Okuma Testi puanları çalışma grubunda kontrol grubuna göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derecede düşüktü. UPPS dürtüsel davranış ölçeği sebatsızlık alt ölçeği puanları çalışma grubunda kontrol grubuna göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derecede yüksekti.Sonuç: Cinsel istismar, tedavi edilmesi gereken en zor travma tipi olarak bilinmekte olup; risk faktörlerinin belirlenmesi istismarın önlen-mesinde büyük önem taşımaktadır. Cinsel istismarın klinik risk faktör-lerini belirlemek için daha geniş örneklemli çalışmalara ihtiyaç vardır.

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Risk factors associated with sexual violence towards girls in Swaziland

Cited by 48 publications

References 26 publications

Understanding Youth Violence in Kumasi: Does Community Socialization Matter? A Cross-Sectional Study

Understanding Youth Violence in Kumasi: Does Community Socialization Matter? A Cross-Sectional Study

Caracterización de los casos de violencia sexual atendidos en dos instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud del municipio de Palmira-Valle Del Cauca, Colombia.

Attachment, Emotion Recognition and Impulsivity: As A Risk of Child Sexual Abuse

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