Intersections between polyvictimisation and mental health among adolescents in five urban disadvantaged settings: the role of gender.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Polyvictimisation (PV) - exposure to violence across multiple contexts - causes considerable morbidity and mortality among adolescents. Despite high levels of violence in urban disadvantaged settings, gender differences in associations between PV and mental health have not been well established.

Methods

We analysed data from a survey with 2393 adolescents aged 15-19 years, recruited using respondent-driven sampling from urban disadvantaged settings in Baltimore (USA), Delhi (India), Ibadan (Nigeria), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Shanghai (China). PV was defined as exposure to two or more types of violence in the past 12 months with family, peers, in the community, or from intimate partners and non-partner sexual violence. Weighted logistic regression models are

SUBMITTER: Kamndaya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5498854 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature