Violent injuries and regional correlates among women in China: results from 21 cities study in China.
Background: Ecological models depict violent injuries against women being influenced by both individual and environmental characteristics. However, only few studies examined the association between regional variables and the likelihood of violent injuries. Our study is a preliminary assessment of th...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 513 - 518 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=115850760&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 115850760 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 11011262 BHW jtl: European Journal of Public Health issn: 11011262 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2016 vid: 26 iid: 3 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 115850760 115850760 115850760 10.1093/eurpub/ckv193 115850760 ppf: 513 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Violent injuries and regional correlates among women in China: results from 21 cities study in China. aug: au: Tingzhong Yang Xiaozhao Y. Yang Cottrell, Randall R. Wu, Dan Shuhan Jiang Anderson, James G. affil: Center for Tobacco Control Research, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China sug: subj: Wounds and Injuries Epidemiology Violence Women Psychosocial Factors Assault and Battery Geographic Factors China Human Female Cross Sectional Studies Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software P-Value Confidence Intervals Odds Ratio Chi Square Test Multiple Logistic Regression Socioeconomic Factors China Questionnaires Funding Source Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Female ab: Background: Ecological models depict violent injuries against women being influenced by both individual and environmental characteristics. However, only few studies examined the association between regional variables and the likelihood of violent injuries. Our study is a preliminary assessment of the impact of regional variables on the likelihood that a woman has experienced violent injuries. Methods: Participants were 16 866 urban residents, who were identified through a multi-stage sampling process conducted in 21 Chinese cities. Out of the sampled population, 8071 respondents were female. Subsequent analyses focused solely on the female sample. Multilevel logistic regression analyses were performed to examine regional variation in violent injuries. Results: Prevalence of violent injuries against women is 10.7% (95% CI: 7.8%, 15.5%). After controlling for individual-level characteristics, higher regional male-female ratio (OR: 1.97, P<0.05), population growth rate (OR: 4.12, P<0.01) and unemployment rate (OR: 2.45, P<0.01) were all associated with an elevated risk of violent injuries among Chinese women caused by physical attack. Conclusions: The results suggest violent injuries among Chinese women caused by physical attack have become an important social and public health problem. The findings point to the importance of developing effective health policies, laws and interventions that focuses on the unequal economic development between different regions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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