Awareness and prevalence of sexual violence among female undergraduate university students in Ilorin

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dc.contributor.authorUthman, MMB
dc.contributor.authorAlere, F
dc.contributor.authorRotimi, BF
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, A
dc.contributor.authorUthman, OA
dc.contributor.authorAmeen, HA
dc.contributor.authorOmojasola, TP
dc.contributor.authorAderibigbe, AS
dc.contributor.authorOloyede, HK
dc.contributor.authorSalaudeen, AG
dc.contributor.authorMusa, OI
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-21T13:41:47Z
dc.date.available2019-05-21T13:41:47Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.description.abstractSexual violence is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act unwanted sexual comments or advances or acts to traffic and otherwise directed against a person's sexuality, using coercion by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim in any setting including but not limited to home and work. The harm caused by sexual violence can last a lifetime and span generations with serious adverse effects on health, education, employment, and on the economic wellbeing of individual families' communities and societies. This study assessed the awareness and prevalence of sexual violence among female students of the University of IIorin. The study was a descriptive cross sectional survey of female students of full time undergraduate female students in the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to recruit 400 participants from the faculties, departments and level of study. Ninety three (23.2%) students have experienced sexual violence of which 80 (86%) had between 1 to 3 episodes. Respondents' friend/fellow students were the commonest perpetrators for sexual advances 31 (33.3), unwanted body contacts 52 (56.0), forced to have sex 20 (56.0). The study recommends that school authorities develop/ reinforce policy statement on sexual harassment in schools and establishment of telephone hotlines for counselling and prompt response for vulnerable students.en_US
dc.identifier.citation11. Uthman, M. M. B., Alere, F., Rotimi, B. F., Ahmed, A., Uthman, O. A., Ameen, H. A., Omojasola, T. P., Aderibigbe, A. S., Oloyede, H. K., Salaudeen, A. G., & Musa, O. I. (2017 ). Awareness and prevalence of sexual violence among female undergraduate university students in Ilorin. Annals of Medical Research, 6, 5-10en_US
dc.identifier.issn2636-5138
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1986
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAnnals of Medical Research, Published by the College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpomaen_US
dc.subjectSexual violenceen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectUndergraduateen_US
dc.subjectUniversityen_US
dc.subjectIlorinen_US
dc.titleAwareness and prevalence of sexual violence among female undergraduate university students in Ilorinen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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