TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Childhood sexual abuse, risky sexual behaviors and adverse reproductive health outcomes among Chinese college students
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Tang, Kun
A1  - Qu, Xueqi
A1  - Li, Chunyan
A1  - Tan, Shihui
SP  - 123
EP  - 130
VL  - 84
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious public health problem worldwide. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: We reported the prevalence of CSA and examined its association with risky sexual behaviors and adverse reproductive health outcomes among college students in China. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Participants were 17,966 college students from 130 colleges in Eastern, Central, and Western China, who completed the online questionnaire in January-August 2015. <br><br>METHODS: Data were obtained from a cluster-random Internet-based survey. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed: risky sexual behaviors and adverse reproductive health outcomes were outcome variables, and various types of CSA were predictor variables, while adjusting for socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics. <br><br>RESULTS: The overall prevalence of any type of CSA was 27.5%. Most perpetrators were friends/acquaintances (34.6%) or intimate partners (24.7%) of the victims. Respondents who reported penetrative CSA were strongly associated with regular unprotected sex (odds ratio (OR): 3.0, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.2-4.0), early sexual debut (OR: 5.5, 95% CI: 3.3-9.1), having genital tract symptoms in the last 12 months (OR: 5.0, 95% CI: 4.1-6.0), unintended pregnancy (OR: 6.2, 95% CI: 4.2-9.0), and induced abortion (OR: 5.5, 95% CI: 3.7-8.2) (for boys, the survey asked about history of unintended pregnancy and induced abortion of their sexual partners). A dose-response relationship was found across non-contact, contact, and penetrative CSA. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: CSA experience may increase the likelihood of risky sexual behaviors and adverse reproductive health outcomes in victims' early adulthood.<br><br>Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.07.038
ID  - ref1
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