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Childhood sexual abuse among girls and determinants of sexual risk behaviours in adult life in sub-Saharan Africa
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Yahaya, Ismail, Ponce de León, A., Uthman, Olalekan A., Soares, Joaquim and Macassa, Gloria (2015) Childhood sexual abuse among girls and determinants of sexual risk behaviours in adult life in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Resesarch, Volume 7 (Number 2). pp. 67-75. doi:10.1108/JACPR-04-2014-0121 ISSN 1759-6599 .
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-04-2014-0121
Abstract
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between child sexual abuse and sexual risk behaviours as well as its potential mediators.
Design/methodology/approach
– This cross-sectional study used data from a cross-sectional study from 12,800 women between 15 and 49 years of age included in the 2008 Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was applied to assess the association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and sexual risk behaviours.
Findings
– The authors found that CSA was directly associated with sexual risk behaviours. In addition, the association between CSA and sexual risk behaviour was also partially mediated by alcohol and cigarette use.
Research limitations/implications
– The results show that being abused in childhood is important for the subsequent development of sexual risk behaviours in adulthood and the association is mediated by alcohol and cigarette use.
Practical implications
– The results may be helpful for policy makers and health care planners in designing cultural sensitive public health intervention that will reduce the burden of CSA, its long-term effects (sexual risk behaviours) and intervening mediators that increase the risks.
Social implications
– These findings suggest that to reduce sexual risks, interventions to address sexual abuse needs to include other social problems (smoking, alcohol) that victims result to when faced with trauma.
Originality/value
– The current study is the only one so far in sub-Saharan Africa to have explored the relation between CSA and sexual risk behaviours using SEM.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) > Warwick Evidence Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sexually abused girls -- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Child molesters, Child sexual abuse | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Resesarch | ||||
Publisher: | Pier Professional Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1759-6599 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2015 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 7 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 67-75 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1108/JACPR-04-2014-0121 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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