SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2022
Sexual Violence Against Persons With Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis.
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- Associations between Demographic Factors and Sexual Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization: A Meta-analysis.Psychosocial intervention · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and Risk of Violence Among People With Disabilities in China: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Interventions Addressing the Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women With Disability.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Social determinants of partner and non-partner sexual violence against women in Chile: a population-based multilevel analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
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- Navigating sexual health, fertility, and adult wellness in individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Current standards of care and future directions.Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2026Review
- Psychometric Evaluation of Sexual Knowledge and Self-Efficacy Components of the SPARKS Survey for Adults with Spina Bifida.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2026Review
- Disability and sexual harassment and coercion in higher education in Ghana: the moderating role of financial support.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Disability, disclosure, and missed opportunities: a qualitative study of perinatal intimate partner violence screening.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Health Care Justice: Improving Emergency Response to Sexual Violence Against Deaf Women.Health and human rights · 2025Article
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Receipt Among Female Adolescents and Young Adults With Disability in the United States, 2011-2019.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Addressing Sexual Violence Against Persons with Disabilities in Belgium.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Sexual Health Behaviors and Outcomes Among Middle-Aged and Older Disabled Adults in Britain.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2025Article
- Global prevalence of violence against women with disabilities: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Sexual Violence and Unintended Pregnancy in Women With Disabilities: An Intersectional, Cross-Sectional Study.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Reproductive Education and Sexual Abuse Among Individuals With Spina Bifida: A Mixed Methods Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Article
- Sexual Violence Against Children and Youth with Disabilities: A Systematic Review.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Theorizing the Role of Sex Educators in the Resistance and Reification of Epistemic Injustices Related to the Sexual Expression of People with Intellectual Disability.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Similarities and Differences Between Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Schools: A Social-Ecological Review of Risk and Protective Factors.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Profiling abuse and neglect of women with disabilities: a step towards prevention of mistreatment of vulnerable populations.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
A growing number of large-scale studies suggest that people with disabilities are at greater risk of sexual victimization than nondisabled individuals. However, certain results are inconsistent and whether potential moderators explain this variability in previous findings remain to be considered. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the magnitude of the difference in risk of being sexually victimized based on the presence of a disability. An additional objective was to evaluate the relative influence of gender, age, type of disability, type of sexual violence, and relationship with the perpetrator on the association between the presence of a disability and sexual victimization. Studies were searched using pertinent databases and retained if they included a group with a disability, provided data that quantify the occurrence of abuse, indicated the type of sexual violence, and was published between 1970 and 2018 in French or English. A total of 68 studies, allowing 84 independent samples and 12,427 participants, were included. Individuals with disabilities were at significantly higher risk of sexual victimization than persons without disabilities (odds ratio = 2.27). The risk of sexual victimization among individuals with a disability was significantly higher in adult participants compared with the risk in minor participants. Sensory impairment was the type of disability associated with the highest risk of sexual victimization. Odds of sexual victimization among individuals with a disability were significantly higher in African countries compared with all others, and odds in Western Europe were significantly lower than in the United States. No significant differences emerged across eras.
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