@article{ref1,
title="Disability and risk of recent sexual violence in the United States",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2016",
author="Basile, Kathleen C. and Breiding, Matthew J. and Smith, Stephen G.",
volume="106",
number="5",
pages="928-933",
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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2015.303004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.303004"
}