Prevalence of sexual violence in Ethiopian workplaces: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workplace sexual violence is a significant public health problem in low and middle-income countries, including Ethiopia. However, except for individual studies with varying prevalence rates in different occupations, there are no national prevalence studies conducted in workplace settings in Ethiopia. Appropriate estimation of the problem is essential to formulate health service plans most fitted for workplaces. Hence, this review and meta-analysis intended to estimate the national pooled prevalence of workplace sexual violence in Ethiopia.

Methods

The databases used were; PubMed, Google Scholar, CINAHL, and African Journals Online. For a critical appraisal of the papers, we used the Joanna Briggs Institute Meta-Analysis of Statistics Assessment and Review Instrume

SUBMITTER: Worke MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7724841 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature