Factors contributing to child sexual abuse in Livingstone district, Zambia
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description: Child sexual abuse in many countries worldwide is a source of concern. Children are vulnerable to abuse, neglect and violence, abandonment, child labour, prostitution, ponography and sexual abuse. (World Report on Violence and Health, 2002). A number of factors have been identified that contribute to child sexual abuse among them they include the use of alcohol/drugs that removes the sense of prohibition, accepting gifts from strangers, relationship of the abused to the abuser, isolated places and HIV/AIDS myth. The other factor may be alienation between siblings, and opportunity as well as proximity. This occurs when close relatives have lived intimately because of overcrowding which may be mainly due to poverty. Some factors such as allowing the child to walk alone to and from school, isolated places, may predispose the child to being abused Social economic factors have led to the child being dependant on the adult for financial support.The objective of the study was to; determine the factors associated with child sexual abuse in Livingstone; sexual abuse; to find out if sexually abused children accept gifts from strangers^more than un abused children; to determine if sexually abused children are found more in isolated places than un abused children; to determine the relationship between alcohol and drug abuse with child sexual abuse; to examine the relationship between the abuser and the abused; to examine the relationship between the myth of HIV/AIDS and child sexual abuse; to establish the relationship between paedophilia with child sexual abuse and to recommend proposed actions to prevent situations of child sexual abuse.A case control study of 105 persons was done using questionnaires (47 of whom were controls and 49 were cases, nine were given to organizations that deal with child sexual abuse). The study was carried out between June and August 2004. Caregivers of the abused and un abused children were interviewed. Counselors of the organizations that deal w…
abstract: Child sexual abuse in many countries worldwide is a source of concern. Children are vulnerable to abuse, neglect and violence, abandonment, child labour, prostitution, ponography and sexual abuse. (World Report on Violence and Health, 2002). A number of factors have been identified that contribute to child sexual abuse among them they include the use of alcohol/drugs that removes the sense of prohibition, accepting gifts from strangers, relationship of the abused to the abuser, isolated places and HIV/AIDS myth. The other factor may be alienation between siblings, and opportunity as well as proximity. This occurs when close relatives have lived intimately because of overcrowding which may be mainly due to poverty. Some factors such as allowing the child to walk alone to and from school, isolated places, may predispose the child to being abused Social economic factors have led to the child being dependant on the adult for financial support.The objective of the study was to; determine the factors associated with child sexual abuse in Livingstone; sexual abuse; to find out if sexually abused children accept gifts from strangers^more than un abused children; to determine if sexually abused children are found more in isolated places than un abused children; to determine the relationship between alcohol and drug abuse with child sexual abuse; to examine the relationship between the abuser and the abused; to examine the relationship between the myth of HIV/AIDS and child sexual abuse; to establish the relationship between paedophilia with child sexual abuse and to recommend proposed actions to prevent situations of child sexual abuse.A case control study of 105 persons was done using questionnaires (47 of whom were controls and 49 were cases, nine were given to organizations that deal with child sexual abuse). The study was carried out between June and August 2004. Caregivers of the abused and un abused children were interviewed. Counselors of the organizations that deal w…
author: Simuchembu, Joyce B.S.
language: en
keywords: Children and violence, Children and sex -- Livingstone -- Zambia
date published: 2012-08-16
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:05:56Z
provider: University of Zambia
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Zambia