墨西哥残疾老年妇女遭受的老年虐待:对家庭暴力的当前和回顾性观点
Liliana Giraldo-Rodríguez1, Marcela Agudelo-Botero2
1Instituto Nacional de Geriatría, Mexico City, Mexico.
Journal of elder abuse & neglect
|December 21, 2023
概括
墨西哥残疾老年妇女遭受的虐待儿童 (CA),亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 和虐待老年人 (EA) 的比率更高. 那些患有出生或侵略性残疾的人,以及有CA/IPV病史的人,面临着更大的EA风险.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 对妇女的暴力,包括虐待儿童 (CA),亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 和虐待老年人 (EA) 是一个重大的公共卫生问题.
- 残疾可以增加对各种形式的虐待的脆弱性.
- 了解老年妇女,特别是残疾妇女虐待的患病率和风险因素对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 根据残疾状况,类型和原因,估计墨西哥老年妇女中CA,IPV和EA的患病率.
- 调查EA与CA,IPV和残疾的先前经验之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 对21,718名年龄在60岁及以上的墨西哥妇女的代表性样本进行了二次数据分析.
- 根据残疾状况 (没有,有一些困难,残疾),残疾类型和原因对参与者进行分类.
- 统计分析以确定不同形式的虐待和残疾之间的流行和关联.
主要成果:
- 与没有残疾或仅有一些困难的老年妇女相比,残疾的老年妇女患CA,IPV和EA的患病率更高.
- 虐待的发生率在老年妇女中特别高,这些妇女的残疾是在出生时获得的,或者是由于侵略造成的.
- 具有残疾的老年女性,有CA和IPV病史的女性,患EA的可能性是EA的两倍.
结论:
- 在墨西哥老年女性中,残疾是遭受虐待儿童,亲密伴侣暴力和虐待老人的重要危险因素.
- 特定原因的残疾 (出生或与侵略有关的) 和其他虐待形式的历史与老年人虐待的风险增加有关.
- 公共政策和政府倡议必须解决针对残疾妇女的暴力问题,考虑到残疾妇女的多样性和原因.
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