ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences
Child sexual abuse among adolescents in southeast Nigeria: A concealed public health behavioral issue.
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- Child Sexual Abuse in Nigeria: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Gender-based violence among female youths in educational institutions of Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Disclosure pathways and correlates of child sexual abuse among secondary school adolescents in Sokoto metropolis, Nigeria.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Prevalence, risk factors and interventions to prevent violence against adolescents and youths in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Silent screams: Listening to and making meaning from the voices of abused children.Child: care, health and development · 2022Article
- Prevalence, Pattern and Predictors of Child Sexual Abuse Among Senior Secondary School Students in Enugu Metropolis.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2021Article
- Risks with Gynaecological problems on the health of University Students.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2019Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Forced-Sex Among South African High School Students.Journal of community health · 2017Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Prevalence of Sexual Violence Among Male Undergraduate Students in a Tertiary Institution in Lagos, Nigeria.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
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objectiveChild sexual abuse among adolescents is an often overlooked issue in pediatrics, yet it is a major cause of low self esteem and stigmatization in adolescents. The objective of this study was to determine the socioeconomic determinant and pattern of child sexual abuse among adolescent attending secondary schools in South East Nigeria.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study that was carried out among children in three secondary schools in Enugu and Ebonyi states of Nigeria. Five hundred and six adolescents who met inclusion criteria were consecutively recruited into our prospective study between June and October, 2014.
resultsOne hundred and ninety nine (40 %) of the respondents had been abused and the commonest form of abuse was to look at pornographic pictures, drawings, films, videotapes or magazine 93(18.4%). Fifty eight (11.5%) adolescents stated that they were abused once with age at first exposure being 7-12 years 57 (11.4%). When grouped together, family members and relatives are perpetrators of child sexual abuse. There was significant difference in sex abuse between males and females (p=0.014) while there were no significant difference for age (p=0.157) and social class (p=0.233).
conclusionOverall prevalence and one time prevalence rates of sexual abuse among adolescents in south east Nigeria was 40% and 11.5% respectively with male perpetrators. There is no link between socioeconomic class, age and child sexual abuse among adolescents.
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