scholarly journals Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Among Youth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 508-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anu M. Gómez ◽  
Ilene S. Speizer ◽  
Harry Beauvais
2009 ◽  
Vol 99 (S2) ◽  
pp. S425-S431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilene S. Speizer ◽  
Audrey Pettifor ◽  
Stirling Cummings ◽  
Catherine MacPhail ◽  
Immo Kleinschmidt ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Ellyda Rizki Wijhati ◽  
Suharni Suharni

Age 0-6 years is a period of "golden age" very important and determine the quality of life of children later. Nowadays there are many sexual violence with child victims, caused by weakness of parental supervision and not optimal of sex education in children. Children are particularly vulnerable to being sexually assaulted as being powerless to take action against the perpetrators. Sex education is an effort that can be done to prevent the sexual violence, but many parent assume that sex education is a taboo, less important, children will get that knowledge in school so many parents who do not provide sex education in children. As a result, the child does not have sufficient knowledge about sexual health and cannot protect himself if he experiences violence or sexual harassment. Training activities are expected to increase the knowledge and awareness of cadres of the importance of providing sex education in children. Implementation of the training is done for 2 meetings with a duration of 5 hours. The first meeting discussed the urgency of providing sex education in children and Focus Group Discussions (FGD). The second meeting discussed ways of providing sex education and materials to be conveyed to children about their reproductive health, question and answer discussion, and production healthcare cadres. The results of training there is an increase in the level of knowledge and changes in perception of sex education in children and the establishment of reproductive health cadres.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Zulfahita Zulfahita ◽  
Citra Utami ◽  
Fitri Fitri ◽  
Fajar Wulandari ◽  
Iip Istirahayu

<em>Sexual harassment is still a taboo subject. This causes many victims of sexual harassment who do not dare to report to others or to the authorities. The number of cases of sexual harassment that occurred, both in the neighborhood and at school, it is important to give a good understanding of sexual harassment and how to avoid it. In response to this, the community service team needs to provide counseling about violence that occurs to children, how to communicate well with children, how to learn language in children, and the importance of conveying reproductive health to children properly. So that this socialization activity has a major role to prevent and provide knowledge and understanding of toilet training, personal areas, and sexual violence so as to prevent sexual harassment. The method used is socialization and documentation, this socialization activity was carried out on Friday, 18 January 2019 and took place in the village of Jagoi Babang. A facilitator must be very careful in the process of socialization, given the very heterogeneous conditions of the community, both the level of education, character, acceptance and understanding of the community. Socialization that is carried out to prevent sexual abuse especially in the area of private organs (sensitive areas) of the body is an important thing that should have been introduced to children from an early age. This is the duty of parents to be able to convey this information in good language and easily understood by children, because of the rampant incidence of sexual abuse, especially in children, whether boys or girls</em>.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alemayehu Bayray Kahsay ◽  
Alemshet Teshale Haftu ◽  
Afewerki Tesfahunegn Nigusse

Abstract Background: The Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) is a series of crucial actions required to respond to reproductive health needs at the onset of every humanitarian crisis. Moreover, MISP is a coordinated priority activity to prevent and manage the consequences of sexual violence; prevent excess maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality; reduce HIV transmission; and plan for comprehensive RH services beginning in the early days and weeks of an emergency. During conflicts, natural disasters and public health emergencies, sexual and reproductive health needs are often overlooked. Women and girls may lose access to family planning services, exposing them to unintended pregnancy in dangerous conditions. Women and girls also become more vulnerable to sexual violence, exploitation and HIV infection. In this article we document the practices and factors associated with availability and implementation of services as measured by the MISP for reproductive health in the Eritrean refugee camp, Northwestern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia. Methods: we conducted an institution based cross sectional study from October 07- 30, 2019 among female reproductive age groups (15-49yrs) who arrived and lived in the refugee camp from June 01 to October 07, 2019. A systematic random sampling method was applied to recruit 422 participants. We collected the data through face-to-face interview using a structured questionnaire. Binary Logistic regression was applied to assess factors associated with MISP implementation. Results: About 38% of the refugees utilized Minimum Initial Service Package of reproductive health during their stay in the camp. Factors like age of 15–24 years [AOR = 0.38(95% CI,0.20-0.73)], being rural residents in home country [AOR =0 .53(95% CI,0.34-0.83], short time length of stay in the refugee camp [AOR = 0 .56(95% CI,0.33-0.95)] were negative predictors, while previous exposure to health information[ AOR = 2.24(95% CI1.44-3.48)] was a positive predictor of MISP services utilization among the refugees in the reproductive age. Conclusion: The MISP of reproductive health utilization in the refugee camp is relatively high . Previous information on reproductive health helped the refugees in utilizing the service, while a short stay in the refugee camp, being rural residents in their home country and being young age were barriers to utilization of MISP of RH. Strengthening and introducing sexual and reproductive health services for the youth during early crisis would prevent morbidity in refugees. Key words: MISP, RH, Eritrean Refugee camp, Ethiopia


2018 ◽  
pp. 105-130
Author(s):  
Wendy A. Vogt

This chapter examines the visible and less visible embodied realities of transit migration. It includes ethnographic stories and analysis of injury, illness and sexual violence and reproductive health. In doing so, the chapter explores meanings of deservingness as related to migrant health and well-being.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 1557-1569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Gmelin ◽  
Claire A. Raible ◽  
Rebecca Dick ◽  
Surabhi Kukke ◽  
Elizabeth Miller

This study assessed the feasibility of integrating reproductive health services into intimate partner violence/sexual violence (IPV/SV) programs. After a training for victim service agencies on integration of health services, we conducted semistructured interviews with IPV/SV program leadership. Leadership reported advocates were more likely to recognize the need to refer clients to health services, and revealed challenges operationalizing partnerships with health care centers. Training to integrate basic health assessment into victim services may be one way to address women’s urgent health needs. Formal partnership agreements, protocols to facilitate referrals, and opportunities to cross-train are needed to nurture these cross-sector collaborations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derrick Ssewanyana ◽  
Amina Abubakar ◽  
Adam Mabrouk ◽  
Vincent A. Kagonya ◽  
Carophine Nasambu ◽  
...  

Objective: Sexual risk behavior during adolescence is an important public health problem. Self-esteem and hopefulness are potentially important psychological factors that may play a role in the behavioral regulation mechanisms of adolescents. These factors are inadequately explored in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed at exploring patterns and associated factors for sexual risk behavior (SRB), self-esteem, and hopefulness among adolescents from a resource-poor setting in Kenya.Method: A cross-sectional study conducted in 2019 among 296 adolescents (12–17 years old) from rural Kilifi (n = 133) and urban informal settings of Nairobi (n = 163) in Kenya. Participants completed the Kilifi Health Risk Behavior Questionnaire, Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire, and Hope scale administered via computerized tablets. A binary outcome variable based on the experience of adolescents of at least one of the five forms of SRB: transactional sex, sexual violence, intergenerational sex, early sexual debut, and condom non-use was generated. Bi-variate analysis was conducted to summarize various social-demographic and psychosocial factors. A multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to investigate factors associated with the occurrence of SRB, self-esteem, and hopefulness among adolescents.Results: About 13% of the participants had experienced a form of SRB, and among these, 36% reported co-occurrence of multiple forms of SRB. Adolescent SRB was largely characterized by having experienced sexual violence, as well as intergenerational and transactional sex. Higher scores of hopefulness were reported among adolescents who never experienced SRB (P = 0.03) at bivariate analysis level. However, both self-esteem and hopefulness were not significantly associated with the occurrence of SRB in the adjusted logistic regression analysis. Having depressive symptoms (Adj. OR = 3.8, 95% CI: 1.39–10.4), feeling unsafe in the neighborhood (Adj. OR = 3.4, 95% CI: 1.6–7.2), and being in higher compared with lower primary education level (Adj. OR = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1–0.8) were statistically significantly associated with the occurrence of SRB.Conclusion: Targeted reproductive health interventions, designed with the cognizance of structural and social drivers of adolescent SRB, are needed to concurrently tackle multiple forms of SRB. It is important to integrate mental health promotion within these interventions. More research is needed to understand the mechanisms and implications of self-esteem and hopefulness for adolescent sexual and reproductive health.


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