Predictors of non-fatal violence or assault among adolescents in rural Bangladesh: cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the predictors of non-fatal violence or assault among adolescents in rural Bangladesh to inform evidence-based interventions.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Household survey and national census in 51 unions of rural Bangladesh.

Participants methods and main outcome

213 782 adolescents aged 11-19 years who reported violence during a population-based survey in 2013. We used logistic regression to determine the prevalence of factors that predict non-fatal forms of violence or assaults among adolescents. Assault or violence was defined as all injuries inflicted directly by another person or resulting from collateral impact over a 6-month recall period.

Results

457 (0.21%) cases of violence or assault were reported. The adjusted

SUBMITTER: Osaghae I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7253005 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature