Prevalence and Factors Associated With Physical Abuse at Home Among School-Going Adolescents in Malaysia: A Population-Based Nationwide Study
| Autor: | Fazila Haryati Ahmad, Lee Ann Tan, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Mohd Fuad Mohd Anuar, Tahir Aris, Thamil Arasu Saminathan, Azriman Rosman, S Maria Awaluddin, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Mohd Hazrin Hasim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Schools Adolescent 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Malaysia Population based Health Surveys 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical abuse Physical Abuse Risk Factors Environmental health Prevalence Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Female 030212 general & internal medicine Child Abuse Psychology Students 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Asia-Pacific journal of public health. 31(8_suppl) |
| ISSN: | 1941-2479 |
| Popis: | We assessed the current situation of physical abuse among adolescents at home in Malaysia. A total of 27 497 school-going adolescents answered a self-administered questionnaire during the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey 2017. A complex sampling analysis was applied to identify factors associated with physical abuse among adolescents using multivariate logistic regression analysis. The prevalence of physical abuse at home among students was 11.8%. Our result shows that adolescents aged 13 years had significantly higher odds of such abuse, with odds decreasing as the adolescents age. Girls and adolescents from Indian ethnicity (minority ethnic group) had higher odds of such abuse. Other associated factors were mental health problems, substance abuse, and problems at school. Physical abuse among adolescents at home should be countered with appropriate measures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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