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Sexual Violence toward Children and Youth in War-Torn Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 英文参考文献
SexualViolencetowardChildrenandYouthinWar-Torn
EasternDemocraticRepublicofCongo
LucMalemoKalisya1*,PalukuLussyJustin1,ChristopheKimona1,KaviraNyavandu1,KamabuMukekulu
Eugenie1,KaserekaMuhindoLusiJonathan1,KaserekaMasumbukoClaude1,MichaelHawkes2
1HEALAfrica,Goma,DemocraticRepublicofCongo,2InstituteofMedicalSciences,UniversityofToronto,Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Abstract
Background:Theepidemicofgender-basedviolenceintheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongo(DRC)hasgarneredpopular
media attention,but is incompletely described in the medical literature to date. In particular, the relative importance of
militarized compared to civilian rape and the impact on vulnerable populations merits further study. We describe a
retrospectivecaseseriesofsexualabuseamongchildrenandyouthineasternDRC.
Methods:MedicalrecordsofpatientstreatedforsexualassaultatHEALAfricaHospital,Goma,DRCbetween2006and2008
werereviewed.Informationextractedfromthechartrecordwassummarizedusingdescriptivestatistics,withcomparative
statisticstoexaminedifferencesbetweenpediatric(#18yrs)andadultpatients.
Findings:440pediatricand54adultsexualabusecaseswereidentified.Childrenandyouthweremoreoftenassaultedby
someoneknowntothefamily(74%vs30%,OR6.7[95%CI3.6–12],p,0.001),andlessfrequentlybymilitarypersonnel(13%
vs 48%, OR 0.14 [95%CI 0.075–0.26], p,0.001). Delayed presentation for medical care (.72hours after the assault) was
morecommoninpediatricpatients(53%vs33%,OR2.2[95%CI1.2–4.0],p=0.007).Physicalsignsofsexualabuse,including
lesionsoftheposteriorfourchette,hymenealtears,andanallesions,weremorecommonlyobservedinchildrenandyouth
(84%vs69%,OR2.3[95%CI1.3–4.4],p=0.006).Nine(2.9%)pediatricspatientswereHIV-positiveatpresentation,compared
to5.3%ofadults(p=0.34).
Interpretation:WorldmediaattentionhasfocusedonviolentrapeasaweaponofwarintheDRC.Ourdatahighlightsome
neglected but important and distinct aspects of the ongoing epidemic of sexual violence: sexual abuse of children and
youth.
Citation:MalemoKalisyaL,LussyJustinP,KimonaC,Nyava
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