Using qualitative methods to validate and contextualize quantitative findings: A case study of research on sexual behavior and gender-based violence among young …

A Ruark, R Fielding-Miller - Global Health: Science and Practice, 2016 - ghspjournal.org
Nesting qualitative data collection methods within quantitative studies improves results by
assessing validity and providing depth and context. Using data from 3 sources from …

Prevalence and patterns of gender-based violence across adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya

P Bhattacharjee, H Ma, H Musyoki, E Cheuk, S Isac… - BMC women's …, 2020 - Springer
Background We sought to estimate the prevalence and describe heterogeneity in
experiences of gender-based violence (GBV) across subgroups of adolescent girls and …

High rates of sexual violence by both intimate and non-intimate partners experienced by adolescent girls and young women in Kenya and Zambia: Findings around …

S Mathur, J Okal, M Musheke, N Pilgrim, S Kishor Patel… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background While links between intimate-partner violence (IPV) and HIV risk have been
established, less is known about violence perpetrated by people other than intimate …

Prevalence and correlates of sexual violence among adolescent girls and young women: findings from a cross-sectional study in a South African university

AI Ajayi, E Mudefi, EO Owolabi - BMC women's health, 2021 - Springer
Background Epidemiological data on the prevalence and factors associated with sexual
violence is critical to understanding the magnitude of the problem and designing effective …

Reflections on increasing the value of data on sexual violence incidents against children to better prevent and respond to sexual offending in Kenya

Z Ji, S Rockowitz, HD Flowe, LM Stevens, W Kanja… - Societies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In many countries, data collection on sexual violence incidents is not integrated into the
healthcare system, which makes it difficult to establish the nature of sexual offences in this …

Sexual violence and its health consequences for female children in Swaziland: a cluster survey study

A Reza, MJ Breiding, J Gulaid, JA Mercy, C Blanton… - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Background Despite concern, few studies have been done about sexual violence against
girls younger than 18 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. We report the prevalence and …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with physical violence by a sexual partner among girls and women in rural Kenya

DA Gust, Y Pan, F Otieno, T Hayes, T Omoro… - Journal of global …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Intimate partner physical violence increases women's risk for negative health
outcomes and is an important public health concern. The purpose of the present study was …

Sexual violence and reproductive health outcomes among South African female youths: a contextual analysis

IS Speizer, A Pettifor, S Cummings… - … journal of public …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We studied whether female youths from communities with higher sexual violence
were at greater risk of negative reproductive health outcomes. Methods. We used data from …

“It is painful and unpleasant”: experiences of sexual violence among married adolescent girls in Shinyanga, Tanzania

C Mwanukuzi, T Nyamhanga - Reproductive health, 2021 - Springer
Background While the situation of married adolescent girls in Tanzania is increasingly
documented, empirical evidence concerning the ways in which child marriage impacts girls' …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors associated with sexual violence towards girls in Swaziland

MJ Breiding, A Reza, J Gulaid… - Bulletin of the World …, 2011 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To explore risk factors for sexual violence in childhood in a nationally
representative sample of females aged 13 to 24 years in Swaziland. METHODS: During a …