Hudson Angela L, Wright Kynna, Bhattacharya Debika, Sinha Karabi, Nyamathi Adeline, Marfisee Mary
University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1702, USA.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2010 Nov;21(4):1250-62. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0931.
The purpose of this study was to assess predictors of sexual and physical assault among homeless women. A multivariate, correlation design was utilized to identify independent correlates of adult physical and sexual assault. The sample consisted of 202 homeless women residing in shelters or living on the street in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles. Respondents reporting a history of child sexual abuse were almost four times more likely to report being sexually assaulted as adults and were almost two and one third times more likely to report being physically assaulted as adults. A range of factors increase homeless women's risk of adult physical and sexual victimization, including child sexual abuse, substance use, lifetime sex trade activity, and previous incarceration. It is important for homeless service providers to develop an individual risk profile for homeless women and to intervene in order to decrease their risk of re-victimization.
本研究的目的是评估无家可归女性遭受性侵犯和身体攻击的预测因素。采用多变量相关性设计来确定成人身体攻击和性侵犯的独立相关因素。样本包括202名居住在洛杉矶贫民窟地区收容所或露宿街头的无家可归女性。报告有儿童性虐待史的受访者成年后遭受性侵犯的可能性几乎是其他人的四倍，成年后遭受身体攻击的可能性几乎是其他人的两倍又三分之一。一系列因素会增加无家可归女性成年后遭受身体和性侵害的风险，包括儿童性虐待、药物使用、终身性交易活动以及先前的监禁经历。对于无家可归服务提供者而言，为无家可归女性制定个人风险概况并进行干预以降低她们再次受害的风险非常重要。
