Sexual and physical violence victimization among senior high school students in Ghana: Risk and protective factors

Ohene, Sally Ann; Johnson, Kristen; Atunah-Jay, Sarah J.; Owusu, Andrew; Borowsky, Iris Wagman

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.019

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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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“…Many studies have addressed several issues on violence such as definitions, categories, trends [7,8,13,29], and measurements but from other perspectives, without situating them in a sociological milieu and as a social learning process. These studies failed to look at youth violence from the ecological perspective or studied violence without defining it within a youthful population.…”

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“…In Ghana, there is no current Urban Studies Research 3 existing national policy that seeks to address youth violence. This calls for baseline comprehensive data that could spur the drive for interventions to reduce youth violence [2,7]. Any intervention short of empirical data in addressing the menace that youth violence poses especially during moments of parliamentary and presidential election is unlikely to yield the necessary impact.…”

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

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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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“…Individual-, family-, and contextual-level factors may contribute to IPV 9,21 . These may be conceptualized as sociodemographic, individual risk factors and protective factors [21][22][23] . Sociodemographic factors for IPV among university students may include, female gender (although some report similar proportions of IPV between females and males) 16,20,24,25 earlier year of study 18 being single 17,19 and residing in a campus residence 19 .…”

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“…Individual risk factors for IPV may include childhood physical or sexual abuse or other prior victimization as well as history of interparental violence 17,18,25,26 substance use (alcohol and tobacco use) 17,[27][28][29] posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and suicidal behaviour 14,16,24,30,31 and sexual risk behaviour, including sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV [32][33][34] . Protective factors may include lack of peer and parental social support 22 lack of life satisfaction 20,24 high religiosity 35 low perceived control 36 lower Gross national income but not family income 37 . There is a lack of information on IPV among male and female university students in Africa, the Americas and Asia.…”

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Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Associated Factors among Male and Female University Students in 22 Countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas

Pengpid

Peltzer

2016

Afr J Reprod Health

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The study aimed at investigating the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its associated factors among male and female university students in 22 countries in Africa, the Americas and Asia. In a cross-sectional questionnaire survey, data were collected from 16979 undergraduate university students, 49.3% male and 50.7% female, with an overall mean age of 21.8 years (SD=3.4). Of 7032 (41.9%) students who had been sexually active in the past 12 months, 16.3 % reported ever having experienced physical or sexual IPV, 15.4% among men and 17.2% among women, physical IPV was 11.3% among men and 10.4% among women, and the proportion of ever having experienced sexual IPV was 9.3% among men and 11.3% among women. In multivariate logistic regression analyses, among both men and women, sociodemographic factors (senior study year, living in a low or lower middle income country) and risk factors (history of childhood physical and sexual abuse, made someone pregnant or had been pregnant, having had two or more sexual partners in the past 12 months, current tobacco use and having PTSD symptoms) were associated with physical and/or sexual violence victimization. High burden of IPV was found and several factors identified that may help guide intervention efforts. Keywords: partner violence, undergraduate students, sociodemographic factors, risk factors, protective factors, multi-country. RésuméL'étude visait à étudier la prévalence de la violence du partenaire intime (VPI) et ses facteurs associés chez les étudiants et étudiantes universitaires dans 22 pays en Afrique, aux Amériques et en Asie. Dans une enquête à travers des questionnaires transversale, les données ont été recueillies auprès des 16979 étudiants universitaires de premier cycle, dont 49,3%étaient des 'hommes et 50,7% étaient des femmes, avec un âge moyen global de 21,8 ans (SD = 3,4). De 7032 (41,9%) des étudiants qui avaient été sexuellement actifs au cours des 12 derniers mois, 16,3% ont déclaré avoir déjà subi des violences physiques ou VPI (sexuelle). 15,4% parmi les hommes et 17,2% parmi les femmes, le taux de la VPI (physique) était de 11,3% chez les hommes et 10,4% chez les femmes, et la proportion de ceux qui ont déjà subi la VPI (sexuelle) était de 9,3% chez les hommes et de 11,3% chez les femmes. A travers les analyses de la régression logistique multivariée, tant chez les hommes que chez les femmes, les facteurs sociodémographiques (appartenant à un niveau élevé d'étude, habitant dans un pays à revenu faible ou à revenu moyen inférieur) et les facteurs de risque (histoire du mauvais traitement et des sévices sexuels subi par l'enfant , avait engrossé quelqu'un ou avait été enceinte, ayant eu deux ou plus des partenaires sexuels au cours des 12 derniers mois, la consommation courant du tabac et ayant des symptômes du SSPT) ont été associés à la violence physique et / ou sexuelle. Nous avons découvert un haut fardeau de VPI et avons identifié plusieurs facteurs qui peuvent guider les efforts d'intervention. (Afr.

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Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Forced-Sex Among South African High School Students

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Sexual violence, a global concern, has far reaching consequences for individuals and communities. This survey of South African high school students, reported baseline prevalence and factors associated with forced sex. Data collected among 434 adolescents (54.4% boys; 45.6% girls) used a questionnaire developed using the I-Change Model conceptual framework. Forced sex prevalence was 14.2% (95% CI 9.1, 21.5) with a non-significant difference between females (15.0%) and males (13.6%) (p = 0.781). After multivariable adjustment, urban location (39%), low socio-economic status (15%) and discordant mother/father vital status (20%) remained significant risk factors for forced sex. South African high school students are still at risk of experiencing forced sex with a higher prevalence in females. Interventions to address socio-economic and structural constructs contributing to the forced sex prevalence in this population are required.

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Sexual and physical violence victimization among senior high school students in Ghana: Risk and protective factors

Cited by 44 publications

References 33 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

Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Associated Factors among Male and Female University Students in 22 Countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas

Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Forced-Sex Among South African High School Students

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