Patterns of sexual violence against adults and children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a prospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examined patterns of sexual violence against adults and children in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic to inform sexual violence prevention, protection, and response efforts.

Design

A prospective cross-sectional research design was used with data collected from March to August 2020.

Setting

Kenya.

Participants

317 adults, 224 children.

Main measures

Perpetrator and survivor demographic data, characteristics of the assault.

Results

Bivariate analyses found that children were more likely than adults to be attacked during daytime (59% vs 44%, p<0.001) by a single perpetrator rather than multiple perpetrators (31% vs 13%, p<0.001) in a private as opposed to a public location (66% vs 45%, p<0.001) and by someone known to the child

SUBMITTER: Rockowitz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8423516 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature