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Prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in Debre Markos at public health institutions in north-west Ethiopia, 2021

BACKGROUND: Sexual violence refers to being forced to perform any unwanted sexual act. Due to the negative effects on both the mother and the fetus, sexual assault during pregnancy is a public health concern. Knowing the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy helps policymakers understand th...

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Autores principales: Abegaz, Marta Yimam, Muche, Haymanot Alem, Aynalem, Getie Lake, Anteneh, Tazeb Alemu, Tibebu, Nebyu Solomon, Gedef, Getachew Muluye, Mengstie, Aregash Sitot
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9986625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36891168
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.1009272
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author Abegaz, Marta Yimam
Muche, Haymanot Alem
Aynalem, Getie Lake
Anteneh, Tazeb Alemu
Tibebu, Nebyu Solomon
Gedef, Getachew Muluye
Mengstie, Aregash Sitot
author_facet Abegaz, Marta Yimam
Muche, Haymanot Alem
Aynalem, Getie Lake
Anteneh, Tazeb Alemu
Tibebu, Nebyu Solomon
Gedef, Getachew Muluye
Mengstie, Aregash Sitot
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description BACKGROUND: Sexual violence refers to being forced to perform any unwanted sexual act. Due to the negative effects on both the mother and the fetus, sexual assault during pregnancy is a public health concern. Knowing the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy helps policymakers understand the extent of the problem and can be considered the first step toward implementing interventions for prevention and treatment. This study was done to determine the prevalence of sexual violence and its associated factors during pregnancy in public hospitals in Debre Markos. METHODS: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 306 pregnant women in Debre Markos, north west Ethiopia from May 1 to June 30, 2021, 2021. A systematic random sampling procedure was used to select study participants. Data were collected using a structured and interviewer-administered questionnaire, and a pre-test was done. Both bi-variable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were undertaken to identify significantly associated variables with sexual violence. The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with its 95% confidence interval (CI) at a p-value of ≤ 0.05 was used to claim statistical association. RESULTS: There were 304 interviewed respondents with a response rate of 99.3%. In this study, the overall prevalence of sexual violence among pregnant mothers during the current pregnancy was 19.4%. A husband who had no formal education {AOR = 3.48; 95% CI: 1.06, 11.39}, pregnant mothers who had no formal education {AOR =  6.1; 95% CI: 1.50–18.11}, pregnant mothers who had secondary education {AOR = 2.80, 95% CI: 1.15, 6.81}, being a housewife {AOR = 3.87, 95 CI:1.21, 12.37}, and being a governmental employee {AOR = 4.49, 95% CI: 1.22, 16.40} were factors associated with sexual violence at the value of p ≤ 0.05. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: In this study, approximately one-fifth of the study participants experienced sexual violence during their current pregnancy. To reduce this, interventions should focus on the education of women as well as their partner about violence against women and on initiatives to economically empower women.
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spelling pubmed-99866252023-03-07 Prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in Debre Markos at public health institutions in north-west Ethiopia, 2021 Abegaz, Marta Yimam Muche, Haymanot Alem Aynalem, Getie Lake Anteneh, Tazeb Alemu Tibebu, Nebyu Solomon Gedef, Getachew Muluye Mengstie, Aregash Sitot Front Glob Womens Health Global Women's Health BACKGROUND: Sexual violence refers to being forced to perform any unwanted sexual act. Due to the negative effects on both the mother and the fetus, sexual assault during pregnancy is a public health concern. Knowing the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy helps policymakers understand the extent of the problem and can be considered the first step toward implementing interventions for prevention and treatment. This study was done to determine the prevalence of sexual violence and its associated factors during pregnancy in public hospitals in Debre Markos. METHODS: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 306 pregnant women in Debre Markos, north west Ethiopia from May 1 to June 30, 2021, 2021. A systematic random sampling procedure was used to select study participants. Data were collected using a structured and interviewer-administered questionnaire, and a pre-test was done. Both bi-variable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were undertaken to identify significantly associated variables with sexual violence. The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with its 95% confidence interval (CI) at a p-value of ≤ 0.05 was used to claim statistical association. RESULTS: There were 304 interviewed respondents with a response rate of 99.3%. In this study, the overall prevalence of sexual violence among pregnant mothers during the current pregnancy was 19.4%. A husband who had no formal education {AOR = 3.48; 95% CI: 1.06, 11.39}, pregnant mothers who had no formal education {AOR =  6.1; 95% CI: 1.50–18.11}, pregnant mothers who had secondary education {AOR = 2.80, 95% CI: 1.15, 6.81}, being a housewife {AOR = 3.87, 95 CI:1.21, 12.37}, and being a governmental employee {AOR = 4.49, 95% CI: 1.22, 16.40} were factors associated with sexual violence at the value of p ≤ 0.05. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: In this study, approximately one-fifth of the study participants experienced sexual violence during their current pregnancy. To reduce this, interventions should focus on the education of women as well as their partner about violence against women and on initiatives to economically empower women. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9986625/ /pubmed/36891168 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.1009272 Text en © 2023 Abegaz, Muche, Aynalem, Anteneh, Tibebu, Gedef and Mengstie. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Global Women's Health
Abegaz, Marta Yimam
Muche, Haymanot Alem
Aynalem, Getie Lake
Anteneh, Tazeb Alemu
Tibebu, Nebyu Solomon
Gedef, Getachew Muluye
Mengstie, Aregash Sitot
Prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in Debre Markos at public health institutions in north-west Ethiopia, 2021
title Prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in Debre Markos at public health institutions in north-west Ethiopia, 2021
title_full Prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in Debre Markos at public health institutions in north-west Ethiopia, 2021
title_fullStr Prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in Debre Markos at public health institutions in north-west Ethiopia, 2021
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in Debre Markos at public health institutions in north-west Ethiopia, 2021
title_short Prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in Debre Markos at public health institutions in north-west Ethiopia, 2021
title_sort prevalence of sexual violence and associated factors among women attending antenatal care in debre markos at public health institutions in north-west ethiopia, 2021
topic Global Women's Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9986625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36891168
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.1009272
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