乌干达COVID19封锁期间亲密伴侣暴力的增加:一个家庭调查
Freddy Eric Kitutu1,2,3, Ronald Olum4, Sharon Kitibwakye Nakamanya5,4
1Department of Pharmacy, Makerere University School of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda. kitutufred@gmail.com.
BMC public health
|August 9, 2025
概括
乌干达 乌干达 乌干达 乌干达 乌干达
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,COVID-19大流行导致了广泛的封锁.
- 乌干达实施了非洲最严格和最长的封锁之一.
- 本研究调查了这些措施对亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的影响.
研究的目的:
- 检查COVID-19大流行和政府对亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的反应的影响.
- 评估乌干达两个地区的男性和女性之间的IPV流行率.
- 了解封锁措施如何影响IPV的经验.
主要方法:
- 在乌干达卢韦罗和穆科诺地区进行的家庭调查 (n=1680).
- 通过关于情感,社会经济,身体和性暴力的标准化问卷收集数据.
- 对一生的分析,当前的IPV流行率,以及在封锁期间报告的增加.
主要成果:
- 终身IPV患病率为55.4%,女性患病率更高. 目前的IPV为31.0%.目前的IPV为31.0%.
- 73.0%的人报告说,在封锁期间IPV经历恶化,特别是女性.
- 情绪暴力最为普遍;社会经济暴力在封锁期间增加最多. 寻求帮助的情况很低 (41.9%).
结论:
- 在乌干达的COVID-19封锁期间,亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 增加.
- 妇女经历了更高的IPV率,两种性别都报告了锁定期间的恶化经历.
- 未来的流行病准备必须解决由于封锁而增加的IPV的意外后果.
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