Citation

Basile KC, Breiding MJ, Smith SG. Am. J. Public Health 2016; 106(5): 928-933.

Affiliation

Kathleen C. Basile and Sharon G. Smith are with the Division of Violence Prevention at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Matthew J. Breiding is with the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2015.303004

PMID

26890182

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To examine the relative prevalence of recent (past 12 months) penetrative and nonpenetrative sexual violence comparing men and women with and without a disability.

METHODS: Data are from the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, a national telephone survey of US adults, and includes an expansive measure of sexual violence victimization. A total of 9086 women and 7421 men completed the telephone survey in 2010.

RESULTS: Compared with persons without a disability, persons with a disability were at increased risk for recent rape for women (adjusted odds ratio = 3.3; 95% confidence interval = 1.6, 6.7), and being made to penetrate a perpetrator for men (adjusted odds ratio = 4.2; 95% confidence interval = 1.6, 10.8). An estimated 39% of women raped in the 12 months preceding the survey had a disability at the time of the rape. For women and men, having a disability was associated with an increased risk of sexual coercion and noncontact unwanted sexual experiences.

CONCLUSIONS: In this nationally representative sample, men and women with a disability were at increased risk for recent sexual violence, compared to those without a disability. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print February 18, 2016: e1-e6. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.303004).

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