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Non-partner sexual violence victimization among female medical undergraduates

INTRODUCTION: Sexual violence against women is a major public health problem around the world. Globally, around 7% of women have experienced sexual violence by a non-partner in their lifetime. Women who have experienced sexual violence are more likely to suffer from a sleep disorder, anxiety disorde...

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Autores principales: Nandini, Singh R., Prem, Shankar, Kshitij, Raj, Ravi, Shankar, Mohan, Majhi M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9051737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35495819
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1341_21
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author Nandini, Singh R.
Prem, Shankar
Kshitij, Raj
Ravi, Shankar
Mohan, Majhi M.
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Prem, Shankar
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description INTRODUCTION: Sexual violence against women is a major public health problem around the world. Globally, around 7% of women have experienced sexual violence by a non-partner in their lifetime. Women who have experienced sexual violence are more likely to suffer from a sleep disorder, anxiety disorder, high blood pressure, and symptoms of depression. Sexual violence has been the predecessor of poor mental health of a woman and needs to be addressed by primary care physicians. OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence and associated factors of non-partner sexual violence in female medical undergraduates. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 109 female medical undergraduates over two months. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data and the WHO violence against women instrument Version 10 was used to assess sexual violence. ANALYSIS: Data analyzed using SPSS version 23 (trial version) independent t test, Chi-square test, and Fisher’s exact test was applied for inferential purpose. RESULTS: Non-partner sexual violence was reported by 8.3% of the students. It was found that in 33.3% of cases, the perpetrators were other male family members, and in 44.4% of cases male friends of the family. CONCLUSION: Such a high prevalence of sexual violence is alarming. It is shocking that even in non-partner sexual violence, the perpetrator is not completely unknown to the victims.
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spelling pubmed-90517372022-04-30 Non-partner sexual violence victimization among female medical undergraduates Nandini, Singh R. Prem, Shankar Kshitij, Raj Ravi, Shankar Mohan, Majhi M. J Family Med Prim Care Original Article INTRODUCTION: Sexual violence against women is a major public health problem around the world. Globally, around 7% of women have experienced sexual violence by a non-partner in their lifetime. Women who have experienced sexual violence are more likely to suffer from a sleep disorder, anxiety disorder, high blood pressure, and symptoms of depression. Sexual violence has been the predecessor of poor mental health of a woman and needs to be addressed by primary care physicians. OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence and associated factors of non-partner sexual violence in female medical undergraduates. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 109 female medical undergraduates over two months. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data and the WHO violence against women instrument Version 10 was used to assess sexual violence. ANALYSIS: Data analyzed using SPSS version 23 (trial version) independent t test, Chi-square test, and Fisher’s exact test was applied for inferential purpose. RESULTS: Non-partner sexual violence was reported by 8.3% of the students. It was found that in 33.3% of cases, the perpetrators were other male family members, and in 44.4% of cases male friends of the family. CONCLUSION: Such a high prevalence of sexual violence is alarming. It is shocking that even in non-partner sexual violence, the perpetrator is not completely unknown to the victims. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-03 2022-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9051737/ /pubmed/35495819 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1341_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9051737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35495819
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1341_21
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