Prevalence, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Sexual Violence in Adulthood Among Brazilian MSM
Most studies of sexual violence are with women, and although men who have sex with men (MSM) is the group of the men that has been most investigated for sexual violence, there are still several questions to be answered about sexual violence and sexual revictimization among MSM. This study aimed to e...
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| author | Denis Gonçalves Ferreira Maria Amelia Veras Gustavo Santa Roza Saggese Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães Laio Magno Ines Dourado Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Macena Andréa Fachel Leal Carl Kendall Edgar Mércham-Hamann Ximena Pamela Díaz Bermúdez Daniela Knauth Ligia Regina Sansigolo Kerr |
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| description | Most studies of sexual violence are with women, and although men who have sex with men (MSM) is the group of the men that has been most investigated for sexual violence, there are still several questions to be answered about sexual violence and sexual revictimization among MSM. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of sexual violence in different stages of life and identify factors associated with sexual violence in adulthood among Brazilian MSM. We conducted an analysis with data from the study conducted in 2016 with 4,176 MSM from 12 Brazilian cities recruited through respondent-driven sampling (RDS), who answered a survey to a set of questions, among which some specific about sexual violence. Most participants were under 25 years old (56.5%), with more than 12 years of schooling (71.2%), mixed race (40.8%), single (86.2%), and belonging to some religion (50.9%). The lifetime prevalence of sexual violence was 20.3%. In our analyses, having experienced sexual violence in childhood and adolescence increased the odds of experiencing sexual violence in adulthood (prevalence ratio ratios [PRR] 4.93 (95% CI [1.99, 12.21]), as did experiencing physical violence (PRR 1.99; 95% CI [1.07, 3.71]) and receiving money for sex (PRR 2.26; 95% CI [1.17, 4.36]). In addition to violence in childhood and adolescence being risk factors for sexual violence in adulthood, we also observed that half of the sample experienced sexual violence repeatedly, characterizing sexual revictimization. It is important that health services are prepared to receive boys and men victims in order to reduce the chances of revictimization and other outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7adc01f1231e4b07a21aa97249979e1d2022-12-22T04:22:51ZengSAGE PublishingAmerican Journal of Men's Health1557-98912022-12-011610.1177/15579883221142173Prevalence, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Sexual Violence in Adulthood Among Brazilian MSMDenis Gonçalves Ferreira0Maria Amelia Veras1Gustavo Santa Roza Saggese2Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães3Laio Magno4Ines Dourado5Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Macena6Andréa Fachel Leal7Carl Kendall8Edgar Mércham-Hamann9Ximena Pamela Díaz Bermúdez10Daniela Knauth11Ligia Regina Sansigolo Kerr12Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilFaculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilFaculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, BrasilInstituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BrasilUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, BrazilInstituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrasilTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USAPrograma de Pós Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, BrasilPrograma de Pós Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, BrasilDepartment of Social Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, BrazilFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, BrasilMost studies of sexual violence are with women, and although men who have sex with men (MSM) is the group of the men that has been most investigated for sexual violence, there are still several questions to be answered about sexual violence and sexual revictimization among MSM. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of sexual violence in different stages of life and identify factors associated with sexual violence in adulthood among Brazilian MSM. We conducted an analysis with data from the study conducted in 2016 with 4,176 MSM from 12 Brazilian cities recruited through respondent-driven sampling (RDS), who answered a survey to a set of questions, among which some specific about sexual violence. Most participants were under 25 years old (56.5%), with more than 12 years of schooling (71.2%), mixed race (40.8%), single (86.2%), and belonging to some religion (50.9%). The lifetime prevalence of sexual violence was 20.3%. In our analyses, having experienced sexual violence in childhood and adolescence increased the odds of experiencing sexual violence in adulthood (prevalence ratio ratios [PRR] 4.93 (95% CI [1.99, 12.21]), as did experiencing physical violence (PRR 1.99; 95% CI [1.07, 3.71]) and receiving money for sex (PRR 2.26; 95% CI [1.17, 4.36]). In addition to violence in childhood and adolescence being risk factors for sexual violence in adulthood, we also observed that half of the sample experienced sexual violence repeatedly, characterizing sexual revictimization. It is important that health services are prepared to receive boys and men victims in order to reduce the chances of revictimization and other outcomes.https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221142173 |
| spellingShingle | Denis Gonçalves Ferreira Maria Amelia Veras Gustavo Santa Roza Saggese Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães Laio Magno Ines Dourado Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Macena Andréa Fachel Leal Carl Kendall Edgar Mércham-Hamann Ximena Pamela Díaz Bermúdez Daniela Knauth Ligia Regina Sansigolo Kerr Prevalence, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Sexual Violence in Adulthood Among Brazilian MSM American Journal of Men's Health |
| title | Prevalence, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Sexual Violence in Adulthood Among Brazilian MSM |
| title_full | Prevalence, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Sexual Violence in Adulthood Among Brazilian MSM |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Sexual Violence in Adulthood Among Brazilian MSM |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Sexual Violence in Adulthood Among Brazilian MSM |
| title_short | Prevalence, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Sexual Violence in Adulthood Among Brazilian MSM |
| title_sort | prevalence characteristics and factors associated with sexual violence in adulthood among brazilian msm |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221142173 |
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