与南非日常水和卫生需求相关的暴力行为
Ruvani T Jayaweera1, Dana E Goin2, Rhian Twine3
1Ibis Reproductive Health, Oakland, California.
概括
南非农村地区超过四分之一的年轻女性经历了与水,环境卫生和卫生 (WASH) 相关的暴力. 这种暴力与严重的健康和行为风险有关,包括怀孕和心理健康问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 性别研究是性别研究.
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 关于与日常水和卫生需求相关的针对妇女的暴力行为的研究存在重大差距.
- 了解与水,环境卫生和卫生 (WASH) 相关的暴力对妇女的健康和安全至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定南非农村的年轻女性在一生中暴露于与WASH相关的暴力事件的发生率.
- 识别与WASH相关的暴力相关的健康和行为风险.
主要方法:
- 在南非农村 (2013-2015年) 进行的一项纵向队列研究中,分析了1870名参与者的数据.
- 专注于在收集水或使用所时发生的暴力事件的累积一生发生率.
主要成果:
- 与WASH相关的暴力的高患病率:25.9%的参与者经历过暴力.
- 与WASH相关的暴力与怀孕的可能性增加,年长的伴侣,未受保护的性行为,亲密伴侣暴力,交易性行为,抑郁症状和焦虑之间的联系.
结论:
- 与WASH相关的暴力是一个普遍的问题,对妇女的健康和行为造成严重后果.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解与WASH相关的暴力的具体情况,并制定有针对性的干预措施.
- 以性别为中心的WASH干预措施对于减少暴力暴露和改善妇女福祉至关重要.
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