Sexual Assault in Ethiopian Contexts: Data From a Large Sample of Women and Girls Presenting at Two Hospital-Based, Limited-Resource Sexual Assault Treatment Clinics

This study presents data from a large sample of clinic-evaluated sexual assault survivors (N = 1,667) in Ethiopia between 2009 and 2015, one of the largest such samples ever analyzed in an African country. Statistical analyses revealed a disproportionate number of minors presenting to the clinics, a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Violence against women 2019-07, Vol.25 (9), p.1074-1095
Main Authors: Murphy, Brett A., Manning-Geist, Beryl, Conrad, Amelia, Chao, Samantha J., Desalegn, Dawit, Richards, Alexis, Borovali, Melis, Sexton, Sarah, Goedken, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assaults
Clinics
Girls
Hospitals
Injuries
Kidnapping
Sex crimes
Survivor
Victims of crime
Women
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study presents data from a large sample of clinic-evaluated sexual assault survivors (N = 1,667) in Ethiopia between 2009 and 2015, one of the largest such samples ever analyzed in an African country. Statistical analyses revealed a disproportionate number of minors presenting to the clinics, an extremely high prevalence of special kidnapping cases, significant differences in access and assault characteristics between survivors from within the clinic cities and those from outside of them, and an unacceptable clinical focus on unreliable hymenal findings. In addition, a myriad of important findings regarding patient characteristics, as well as injury and medical outcomes, are reported.
ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801218807097