Department of Reproductive and Family Health, School of Public Health College of Medicine Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Department of Health Promotion, School of Public Health College of Medicine Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
BMC Womens Health. 2022 Dec 12;22(1):513. doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-02076-3.
Violence against girls and young women, mostly those in educational settings, has been gaining increasing attention. School-based gender-based violence represents a serious obstacle. As a result, it would be a threat to the achievement of the sustainable development goals, strive for gender equality in all our programs, right from the planning stages, to make sure we are as equitable as possible. Little was studied to explore reasons, opinions, and perceptions towards gender-based violence. Also, studies that are conducted on private college female students are limited. Important evidence about underlining reasons for gender-based violence against private college students will be explored. Therefore, to assess the prevalence of gender-based violence and associated factors among Private college female students in Dessie City, Ethiopia, 2021.
A facility-based mixed method concurrent triangulation study design was conducted among 435 randomly selected Private college female students in Dessie City. Self-administered questionnaire and an in-depth interview were used to collect the data. The collected data were cleaned and entered into Epi data and analyzed using a statistical package for social science. Descriptive statistics were conducted and the results were reported using frequency, and percentile. Binary logistic regression was performed to identify associated factors. Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals and p values < 0.05 were used to explain statistically significant associations. Qualitative data were transcribed, translated, and analyzed manually using thematic analysis.
The study showed the prevalence of gender-based violence was 251 (62.6%) (CI 0.512-0.683) Private college female students in Dessie city Administration. age less than 20 years and 20-24 years, [AOR = 0.19, 95% CI (0.03-0.92)] and [AOR = 0.106, 95% CI (0.02-0.44)], tight family control, [AOR = 6.14, 95% CI (1.38-7.1)], family discussion on RH and related personal issue [AOR = 0.091, 95% CI (0.03-0.27)], Witnessed father abuse mother at childhood; [AOR = 4.04, 95% CI (1.36-12.1)], had drunkenness female or boyfriend; [AOR = 5.12, 95% CI (1.58-16.5)] had significant association with gender-based violence.
In this study, the high prevalence of gender-based violence among Private college female students is higher as compared to others. This is because the life of young girls is being abandoned as a result of gender-based violence, such as dropout from their education, unwanted pregnancy, abortion, sexually transmitted infections, and psychological disturbance, which decreases the productivity of girls. This is totally against the strategy and consensus of universal education for women and girls and adolescent health stated in the sustainable development goal.
针对女孩和年轻女性的暴力行为，尤其是那些在教育环境中发生的暴力行为，已经引起了越来越多的关注。基于学校的性别暴力是一个严重的障碍。因此，它将对可持续发展目标的实现构成威胁，我们将在所有项目中努力实现性别平等，从规划阶段开始，以确保我们尽可能公平。很少有研究探讨性别暴力的原因、意见和看法。此外，针对私立大学女学生的研究也很有限。重要的证据将探索针对私立大学学生的性别暴力的根本原因。因此，为了评估埃塞俄比亚德西市私立大学女学生中性别暴力的流行程度及其相关因素，我们于 2021 年开展了一项以设施为基础的混合方法同时三角测量研究设计。在德西市的 435 名随机选择的私立大学女学生中进行了研究。使用自我管理的问卷和深入访谈收集数据。收集的数据经过清理后输入到 epi 数据中，并使用社会科学统计软件进行分析。进行了描述性统计，并使用频率和百分位数报告结果。使用二元逻辑回归来确定相关因素。使用 95%置信区间和 p 值<0.05 的调整后的优势比来解释具有统计学意义的关联。定性数据经过转录、翻译，并使用主题分析进行手动分析。
研究表明，德西市行政区域内有 251 名（62.6%）私立大学女学生遭受过性别暴力。年龄在 20 岁以下和 20-24 岁的学生，[AOR=0.19，95%CI（0.03-0.92）]和[AOR=0.106，95%CI（0.02-0.44）]，家庭的严格控制，[AOR=6.14，95%CI（1.38-7.1）]，家庭讨论 RH 和相关个人问题，[AOR=0.091，95%CI（0.03-0.27）]，目睹父亲虐待母亲在童年时期；[AOR=4.04，95%CI（1.36-12.1）]，有酗酒的女性或男朋友；[AOR=5.12，95%CI（1.58-16.5）]与性别暴力有显著关联。
在这项研究中，私立大学女学生中性别暴力的高发生率高于其他学生。这是因为性别暴力使年轻女孩的生活被抛弃，例如辍学、意外怀孕、堕胎、性传播感染和心理困扰，这降低了女孩的生产力。这完全违背了可持续发展目标中关于妇女和女孩普遍教育及青少年健康的战略和共识。
