Assessing the social patterning and magnitude of inequalities in sexual violence among young women in Uganda

Findings from 2016 demographic and health survey

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15541174
AutoresMassy Mutumba (0000-0002-0636-891X, University of Michigan, autor de correspondencia), Subarna Bhattacharya (0000-0001-6104-358X, University of Michigan), Fred M Ssewamala (0000-0002-4849-5650, John Brown University)
Año2022
Volumen17
Número11
Páginas2826-2840
Fecha de publicación2022-02-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobal Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17441692.2022.2037149
PMID35167776
OpenAlexW4213224253
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas55

Sexual violence (SV) is a significant global public health problem. To develop effectively targeted interventions to prevent SV and allocate resources equitably requires identifying the most vulnerable groups and the magnitude of these social inequities. However, these data are currently lacking. Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey, we examined SV among all young women and ever-married young women. We conducted univariate and bivariate analyses to characterise the prevalence and social patterning of SV, and then utilised the World Health Organization Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT) to assess the magnitude of social inequities in SV. At the national level, 5.5% among all young women and 20.5% of ever-married young women had experienced SV. For all young women, the largest inequities in SV were based on sub-national region of residence. Among the ever-married young women, we found profound education, wealth and place-based inequities in SV, which favoured young women with higher education, in wealthier households, and within central regions of Uganda. Our findings suggest a need for regionally targeted multi-sectoral interventions that take into consideration that multiple intersecting social dimensions such as education, poverty and the safe built environment, to address young women's risk for SV

Child marriage · Criminology · Domestic violence · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health equity · Inequality · Poison control · Population · Poverty · Psychological intervention · Public health · Reproductive health · Residence · Sexual violence · Social determinants of health · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues