Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
School of Public Health, St. Paul's Hospital, Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Epidemiol Infect. 2022 Jan 27;150:e31. doi: 10.1017/S0950268822000140.
In Ethiopia, the magnitude of violence against girls during COVID-19 in the study area is not known. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the violence and associated factors during COVID-19 pandemic among Gondar city secondary school girls in North West Ethiopia. An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from January to February 2021. Data were collected from four public and two private Gondar city secondary schools. Investigators used stratified simple random sampling to select participants and the investigators used roster of the students at selected schools. Investigators collected the data using self-reported history of experiencing violence (victimisation). Investigators analysed data using descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression. Investigators invited a total of 371 sampled female students to complete self-administered questionnaires. The proportion of girls who experienced violence was 42.05% and psychological violence was the highest form of violence. Having a father who attended informal education (AOR = 1.95, 95% CI 1.08-3.51), ever use of social media 1.65 (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI 1.02-2.69), ever watching sexually explicit material (AOR = 2.04, 95% CI 1.24-3.36) and use of a substance (AOR = 1.92, 95% CI 1.17-3.15) were significantly associated variables with violence. Almost for every five girls, more than two of them experienced violence during the COVID-19 lockdown. The prevalence of violence might be under reported due to desirability bias. Therefore, it is better to create awareness towards violence among substance users, fathers with informal education and social media including user females.
在埃塞俄比亚，目前尚不清楚研究区域内 COVID-19 期间针对女孩的暴力行为的严重程度。因此，本研究旨在评估 COVID-19 大流行期间在埃塞俄比亚西北部贡德尔市的中学女生中发生的暴力行为及其相关因素。这是一项在 2021 年 1 月至 2 月进行的基于机构的横断面研究。数据来自贡德尔市的四所公立和两所私立中学。调查人员使用分层简单随机抽样选择参与者，并使用选定学校的学生名单。调查人员使用自我报告的暴力经历（受害）来收集数据。调查人员使用描述性统计和多变量逻辑回归来分析数据。调查人员总共邀请了 371 名抽样女学生完成自我管理的问卷。经历过暴力的女孩比例为 42.05%，其中心理暴力是最常见的暴力形式。父亲接受过非正式教育（OR = 1.95，95%CI 1.08-3.51）、曾经使用过社交媒体（OR = 1.65，95%CI 1.02-2.69）、曾经观看过色情材料（OR = 2.04，95%CI 1.24-3.36）和使用物质（OR = 1.92，95%CI 1.17-3.15）与暴力行为显著相关。几乎每五个女孩中，就有两个以上的女孩在 COVID-19 封锁期间经历过暴力。由于期望偏差，暴力的流行率可能被低估了。因此，最好在物质使用者、接受过非正式教育的父亲和包括用户女性在内的社交媒体中提高对暴力的认识。
