Gender-based violence and associated factors during armed conflict among female high school students in Kobo town, North Wollo, Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess gender-based violence and associated factors during the time of armed conflict among female high school students in Kobo administration town, North Wollo, Ethiopia.

Study design

An institutional-based, quantitative and cross-sectional study was conducted.

Setting

This research was carried out in Kobo town, North Wollo, Ethiopia high schools.

Study participants

This study was conducted among 422 female high school students in Kobo administration town at time of armed conflict from May 20 to 5 June 2022.

Outcome measures

Gender-based violence (GBV) was assessed using a self-administered questionnaire. Data were entered in Epidemiological data (EPI-Data) V.3.1 and exported to SPSS V.25 for analysis. A binary logistic reg

SUBMITTER: Andargie GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749749 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature