Access to sanitation and violence against women: evidence from Demographic Health Survey (DHS) data in Kenya
Access to sanitation and violence against women: evidence from Demographic Health Survey (DHS) data in Kenya
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DOI：
10.1080/09603123.2015.1111309
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发表时间：
2016-05-03
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Barchi, Francis
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作者：
Winter, Samantha C.;Barchi, Francis
对妇女的暴力行为是一个严重的公共卫生和人权问题。文献表明，发展中国家的卫生条件可能是导致VAW的社区层面的潜在风险因素，这种联系在高度社会混乱的社区可能更重要。这项研究分析了2008年肯尼亚人口健康调查的数据，发现主要实行露天排便(OD)的妇女，特别是在无组织的社区，最近经历非伴侣暴力的可能性更高。这项研究提供了卫生和暴力侵害妇女之间的联系的定量证据，这一联系正在肯尼亚和其他发展中国家的媒体和学术文献中引起越来越多的关注。
Violence against women (VAW) is a serious public health and human rights concern. Literature suggests sanitation conditions in developing countries may be potential neighborhood-level risk factors contributing to VAW, and that this association may be more important in highly socially disorganized neighborhoods. This study analyzed 2008 Kenya Demographic Health Survey's data and found women who primarily practice open defecation (OD), particularly in disorganized communities, had higher odds of experiencing recent non-partner violence. This study provides quantitative evidence of an association between sanitation and VAW that is attracting increasing attention in media and scholarly literature throughout Kenya and other developing countries.