Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 383-389
Prevalence of Feminine Sexual Exploitation and Allied Factors among Secondary School Students at Ambasel Woreda, South Wollo, Ethiopia
Fanta Asmare1, Mulugeta W/Selassie2, Prem Kumar3
1Student clinic, Institute of Technology, Wollo University, Kombolcha, Ethiopia,
2Departments of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia ,
3Departments of Comprehensive Nursing, CMHS, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia
Corresponding Author: Prem Kumar
ABSTRACT
Introduction : - Sexual abuse is one of the major problems of students that affect their health and security. Though Sexual abuse of female students is a problem of many developing countries including Ethiopia, its prevalence, associated factors and circumstance in which sexual abuse occurs are largely unknown including in the study area.
Objective: to assess the feminine sexual exploitation among secondary school female students and allied factors.
Methods: Institutional based crosÂs-sectional study design conducted from January 9-May 25, 2019. A simple random sampling method used to select 321 Grade 9 up to 12 female students from the Wuchale and Marye schools. A structured self-administered questionnaire used to collect the data. The cross tabulation and percentage were used to describe the prevalence and forms of female sexual abuse in the school and binary logistic regression (bivariate and multivariate analysis) was employed with P-value <0.3.
Results : Out of 310 female students, 144(46.5%) of them were sexually abused and the rest 166 (53.5%) were not abused which means its prevalence rate was 46.5%. Female students who live Rural resident (AOR=2.247(1.425-3.543)), Close relation with male students (AOR=3.07(1.528-6.168)) and Female students’ absence of gender education at school (AOR= 6.37(3.805-10.669)) were risk factors of female student sexual abuse.
Conclusion: Feminine sexual exploitation of female students is a common problem students live in rural area. Due attention is needed by schools, family and other concerned bodies and designing a program to fight against sexual abuse of female students.
Key words: Female students, Sexual abuse, Prevalence and associated factors, Ethiopia.
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