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Sexual violence among female high school students in Debark, north west Ethiopia.
Full Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the prevalence, outcome and awareness of sexual violence among high school female students.
DESIGN:
A school-based cross-sectional survey.
SETTING:
Debark Town, north-west Ethiopia.
SUBJECTS:
Two hundred and sixteen female high school students, grade 9-11 were included for the quantitative study. For the qualitative data, 16 individuals for the focus group discussion (10 well-recognised female figures in the town and six high school students) and head of the police department for in-depth interview were enrolled.
RESULTS:
Sixty two per cent of the respondents had heard of sexual violence committed on young females. Sexual violence was reported by 65.3% of the respondents. The prevalence of performed and attempted rape were 8.8% and 11.5%, respectively. The age range of performed rape victims was between 12 and 21 years. Of the 19 (8.8%) who reported rape being performed on them, unwanted pregnancy, suicide attempt, vaginal discharge and abortion were the consequences in 21%, 15.8%, 10.5% and 5.3%, respectively.
CONCLUSION:
Sexual violence is a major public health problem with high rates of underreporting. Sex education should be given on a regular basis and policy making bodies and the police be well aware of this high magnitude and take strong measures to reduce it.
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Author information
Author/s: Worku, A (A); Addisie, M (M);
Affiliation: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: East African medical journal (East Afr Med J), published in Kenya. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 79 (issue 2) : pp 96-9
Dates: Created 2002/10/16; Completed 2003/01/28; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12380887, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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