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01-11-2018 | Original Article

Prevalence of sexual violence in Brazil: associated individual and contextual factors

Authors: Janmille Valdivino da Silva, Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 8/2018

Abstract

Objectives

Assessing the prevalence of sexual violence in Brazil and its association with individual and contextual factors.

Methods

A multilevel analysis performed with cross-sectional data from 2010. The adjusted prevalence ratio was estimated through Poisson multilevel modelling. Cross-level interactions were evaluated by the inclusion of interaction terms between socio-economic variables from the two levels.

Results

Sexual violence is more prevalent in federal units that presented lower years of schooling expectancy at 18 years old (PR 1.27; CI95% 1.09–1.48), lower per capita income (PR 1.23; CI95% 1.05–1.43), lower HDI (PR 1.17; CI95% 1.01–1.37), higher proportion of poverty vulnerability (PR 1.18; CI95% 1.02–1.38), higher proportion of unemployment (PR 1.68; CI95% 1.45–1.96) and higher proportion of people who neither work nor study (PR 1.26; CI95% 1.08–1.46). Higher prevalence of sexual violence was associated with lower Gini index and greater coverage of primary health services. In analysing the tendency demonstrated a strong contextual effect between the Brazilian federative units in relation to sexual violence

Conclusions

The strategy to reduce sexual violence in Brazil must be integrated with other social policies, considering both individual risk factors and macro-social determinants.

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Title: Prevalence of sexual violence in Brazil: associated individual and contextual factors
Authors: Janmille Valdivino da Silva
Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli
Publication date: 01-11-2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 8/2018
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1136-0

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Prevalence of sexual violence in Brazil: associated individual and contextual factors

Abstract

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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