Magnitude and factors associated with sexual re-victimization among adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective multicenter study
Abstract Background Adolescent girls and young women are more exposed to sexual violence. A significant proportion of victims of sexual abuse are victims of sexual re-victimization. However, information on the burden of sexual re-victimization among AGYW in contexts other than conflict-affected area...
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| author | Fifiya Biluala Harry César Kayembe Doudou Batumbo Germain Kapour Félicitée Mumbanza Eric Bokabo Benjamin Longo-Mbenza Berthe Zinga |
| author_facet | Fifiya Biluala Harry César Kayembe Doudou Batumbo Germain Kapour Félicitée Mumbanza Eric Bokabo Benjamin Longo-Mbenza Berthe Zinga |
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| description | Abstract Background Adolescent girls and young women are more exposed to sexual violence. A significant proportion of victims of sexual abuse are victims of sexual re-victimization. However, information on the burden of sexual re-victimization among AGYW in contexts other than conflict-affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is limited. The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude of sexual re-victimization among AGYW and to identify associated risk factors in the capital, Kinshasa. Methods We conducted a retrospective multicenter cohort study in which sexual violence records between 2015 and 2020 were used to extract and analyze victims’ sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics and profiles of sexual violence perpetrated. Multivariate logistic regression models were employed to identify factors associated with sexual re-victimization using the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with its 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and p value < 0.05. Results We found that 74 (31%) of the 241 AGYW included in this study had experienced sexual re-victimization. Sexual re-victimization was associated with being older (> 19 years), sexually active, and living in a single-parent family, and with perpetrator types, particularly intimate partners and family members. Conclusions Our findings provide tools for developing and implementing targeted prevention and intervention programs to reduce sexual violence in general and sexual re-victimization in particular. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63106cdea7034f92b6aa1bc089fee7bb2023-12-10T12:21:10ZengBMCReproductive Health1742-47552023-12-012011810.1186/s12978-023-01710-zMagnitude and factors associated with sexual re-victimization among adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective multicenter studyFifiya Biluala0Harry César Kayembe1Doudou Batumbo2Germain Kapour3Félicitée Mumbanza4Eric Bokabo5Benjamin Longo-Mbenza6Berthe Zinga7Master of Ecology and Governance of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of KinshasaDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of KinshasaDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of KinshasaDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of KinshasaDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of KinshasaDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of KinshasaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of KinshasaDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of KinshasaAbstract Background Adolescent girls and young women are more exposed to sexual violence. A significant proportion of victims of sexual abuse are victims of sexual re-victimization. However, information on the burden of sexual re-victimization among AGYW in contexts other than conflict-affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is limited. The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude of sexual re-victimization among AGYW and to identify associated risk factors in the capital, Kinshasa. Methods We conducted a retrospective multicenter cohort study in which sexual violence records between 2015 and 2020 were used to extract and analyze victims’ sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics and profiles of sexual violence perpetrated. Multivariate logistic regression models were employed to identify factors associated with sexual re-victimization using the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with its 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and p value < 0.05. Results We found that 74 (31%) of the 241 AGYW included in this study had experienced sexual re-victimization. Sexual re-victimization was associated with being older (> 19 years), sexually active, and living in a single-parent family, and with perpetrator types, particularly intimate partners and family members. Conclusions Our findings provide tools for developing and implementing targeted prevention and intervention programs to reduce sexual violence in general and sexual re-victimization in particular.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-023-01710-zSexual re-victimizationAdolescent girlsYoung womenMagnitudeAssociated factorsDemocratic Republic of the Congo |
| spellingShingle | Fifiya Biluala Harry César Kayembe Doudou Batumbo Germain Kapour Félicitée Mumbanza Eric Bokabo Benjamin Longo-Mbenza Berthe Zinga Magnitude and factors associated with sexual re-victimization among adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective multicenter study Reproductive Health Sexual re-victimization Adolescent girls Young women Magnitude Associated factors Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| title | Magnitude and factors associated with sexual re-victimization among adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective multicenter study |
| title_full | Magnitude and factors associated with sexual re-victimization among adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective multicenter study |
| title_fullStr | Magnitude and factors associated with sexual re-victimization among adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective multicenter study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Magnitude and factors associated with sexual re-victimization among adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective multicenter study |
| title_short | Magnitude and factors associated with sexual re-victimization among adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective multicenter study |
| title_sort | magnitude and factors associated with sexual re victimization among adolescent girls and young women in kinshasa democratic republic of the congo a retrospective multicenter study |
| topic | Sexual re-victimization Adolescent girls Young women Magnitude Associated factors Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-023-01710-z |
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