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ArticleReproductive health2023

Magnitude and factors associated with sexual re-victimization among adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective multicenter study.

Fifiya Biluala, Harry César Kayembe, Doudou Batumbo, Germain Kapour, Félicitée Mumbanza, Eric Bokabo, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Berthe Zinga

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Fifiya BilualaMaster of Ecology and Governance of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Harry César KayembeDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kin XI, B.P.: 834, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. harry.kayembe@unikin.ac.cd.
Doudou BatumboDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kin XI, B.P.: 834, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Germain KapourDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kin XI, B.P.: 834, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Félicitée MumbanzaDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kin XI, B.P.: 834, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Eric BokaboDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kin XI, B.P.: 834, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Benjamin Longo-MbenzaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Berthe ZingaDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Abstract

backgroundAdolescent girls and young women are more exposed to sexual violence. A significant proportion of victims of sexual abuse are victims of sexual re-victimization. However, information on the burden of sexual re-victimization among AGYW in contexts other than conflict-affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is limited. The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude of sexual re-victimization among AGYW and to identify associated risk factors in the capital, Kinshasa.

methodsWe conducted a retrospective multicenter cohort study in which sexual violence records between 2015 and 2020 were used to extract and analyze victims' sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics and profiles of sexual violence perpetrated. Multivariate logistic regression models were employed to identify factors associated with sexual re-victimization using the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with its 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and p value < 0.05.

resultsWe found that 74 (31%) of the 241 AGYW included in this study had experienced sexual re-victimization. Sexual re-victimization was associated with being older (> 19 years), sexually active, and living in a single-parent family, and with perpetrator types, particularly intimate partners and family members.

conclusionsOur findings provide tools for developing and implementing targeted prevention and intervention programs to reduce sexual violence in general and sexual re-victimization in particular.

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Crime VictimsSex OffensesAdolescentCohort StudiesDemocratic Republic of the CongoFemaleHumansSexual BehaviorAdolescent girlsAssociated factorsDemocratic Republic of the CongoMagnitudeSexual re-victimizationYoung women

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