TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Prevalence of violence in childhood and adolescence and the impact on educational outcomes: evidence from the 2013 Peruvian national survey on social relations
JO  - International health
A1  - Fry, Deborah
A1  - Anderson, Jeanine
A1  - Hidalgo, Rainaldo J. T.
A1  - Elizalde, Aldo
A1  - Casey, Tabitha
A1  - Rodriguez, Rosario
A1  - Martin, Amanda
A1  - Oroz, Carmen
A1  - Gamarra, Jhon
A1  - Padilla, Karina
A1  - Fang, Xiangming
SP  - 44
EP  - 52
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: This study provides, for the first time, national population-based estimates describing violence during childhood and adolescence in Peru and the impact on educational outcomes. <br><br>METHODS: A population-based school survey was conducted among children aged 9-11 (n=1587) and adolescents aged 12-17 (n=1489). The relationship between violence and educational outcomes were analysed using bivariate logistic regressions, controlling for potential confounding factors. <br><br>RESULTS: The results show that psychological (75.6%) and physical violence (72.5%) at home were the most prevalent forms of violence experienced by adolescent girls. Adolescent boys reported experiencing similar levels of psychological violence from their peers (69.4%) and at home (68.1%). For the younger cohort, peer-to-peer psychological violence was reported more frequently among girls (70.6%) and boys (74.0%) than other forms of violence. Equal percentages of adolescent girls and boys reported experiencing sexual violence in their lifetime (42.0%). The relationship between violence experiences and educational outcomes varied by gender with strong associations between violence at home and failing a course or repeating a grade for girls and being expelled for boys. Sexual violence experienced by boys was associated with all negative educational outcomes. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The relationship between violence in childhood and poorer educational outcomes is multi-faceted, potentially bi-directional, and manifests differently between genders. This research highlights the need for targeted research, policy and programming responses for prevention of violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1876-3413
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihv075
ID  - ref1
ER  -