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- Tydén, T, et al.
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Improved use of contraceptives, attitudes toward pornography, and sexual harassment among female university students.
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Ingår i: Women's health issues. - 1049-3867 .- 1878-4321. ; 11, s. 87-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study describes sexual behavior over a 10-year period in a female student population. The use of condoms at first coitus increased from 40% to 77%. Sexually transmitted diseases decreased from 26% to 14%, and abortions from 11% to 5.5%. One-fourth of students had had anal intercourse, and 86% had performed oral sex. Half of the women had read pornography. The majority of women with experience of oral sex graded it as positive, whereas they graded anal sex as mostly negative. Twelve percent of the women had been sexually harassed, mainly by their male peers (80%).
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- Fernbrant, Cecilia, et al.
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Perceived threat of violence and exposure to physical violence against foreign-born women : a Swedish population-based study
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Ingår i: Women's health issues. - : Elsevier BV. - 1049-3867 .- 1878-4321. ; 21:3, s. 206-213
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Violence against women is an increasing global phenomenon. Little is known about violence against foreign-born women, despite a possible increased concentration of risk factors in this group. Methods: This study investigated prevalence of perceived threat of violence and exposure to physical violence and its relation to country of birth among women (18-64 years) residing in southern Sweden, using data obtained from the 2004 Public Health Survey in Scania, Sweden. Findings: Foreign-born women reported significantly higher rates of both perceived threat of violence and exposure to physical violence compared with Swedish-born women. Foreign-born women exposed to violence originated primarily from middle/low-income countries (versus high-income countries). The risk of perceived threat of violence remained significantly increased among foreign-born even after further adjustment for potential confounders, such as marital status and disposable income. After similar adjustment, increased exposure to physical violence was no longer significantly related to foreign-born status, but instead was largely attributable to marital status and low levels of disposable income. Foreign-born women, however, had a greater risk of physical violence in the home than Swedish-born women, and violence in the home was the most frequently reported setting for violence exposure among foreign-born women. Conclusion: Migration may confer an increased risk of interpersonal violence against women. Although the underlying causes of this increased risk are unknown, a complex set of factors may be involved, including socioeconomic disadvantage.
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- Mwinyi, Jessica, et al.
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Anxiety Disorders are Associated with Low Socioeconomic Status in Women but Not in Men
- 2017
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Ingår i: Women's health issues. - : Elsevier BV. - 1049-3867 .- 1878-4321. ; 27:3, s. 302-307
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: We investigated to what extent the lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders relates to negative economic changes, taking important lifestyle factors and unexpected life events into consideration. Methods: We included 3,695 participants recruited in the city of Lausanne (Switzerland), from the population-based CoLaus/PsyCoLaus study. The association between anxiety disorders, lifestyle factors, and life events related to income was investigated using binary logistic regression analyses correcting for demographic and clinical confounders. Results: Compared with men, women with anxiety disorders showed a significantly lower socioeconomic status (Mann-Whitney U = 56,318; p < .001) and reported a higher negative impact of substantial reduction of income (Mann-Whitney U = 68,531; p = .024). When performing adjusted analyses, low socioeconomic status (odd ratio, 0.87; p = .001) and negative impact of reduction of income (odd ratio, 1.01; p = .004) were associated significantly with anxiety disorders in women but not in men. Conclusion: Our results suggest that anxiety disorders aggravate already existing gender differences in economic conditions, and that women with anxiety need additional support to attain socioeconomic security similar to that of men.
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- Stenson, Kristina, et al.
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Prevalence of experiences of partner violence among female health staff : relevance to awareness and action when meeting abused women patients
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Ingår i: Women's health issues. - : Elsevier BV. - 1049-3867 .- 1878-4321. ; 18:2, s. 141-149
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: As violence against women is a prevalent phenomenon, it is quite likely that health workers have experienced such violence. Prevalence among female health staff of emotional, physical and sexual abuse inflicted by a current or previous male partner as well as awareness of violence within the family of origin or among acquaintances were studied. Whether such experiences were associated with practice and knowledge concerning care of abused women was also examinated. Methods: Questionnaires were distributed to randomly selected female health care workers at a Swedish hospital. Response rate was 68% (588 participating). Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed. Main findings: Emotional, physical and sexual abuse by a current or previous male partner was reported by 23.5%; abuse within family or among acquaintances by 22.1%. Associations between personal experience of violence and aspects of practice and knowledge in bivariate comparisons did not remain significant in binary logistic regression analyses, with one exception. Those with awareness of violence within the family or among acquaintances met abused women more frequently. Training was positively associated with all aspects of care and knowledge. Conclusion: The prevalence rate of intimate partner violence (23.5%) among female health staff was high and not unlike that of the Swedish female population in general. Training is of greater importance than personal experience of violence in the context of practice and knowledge when meeting abused women as patients. Hence, men's violence against women should be included in professional education and in in-service training.
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