Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS ABIR0xko. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective. To examine associations between exposure to physical violence (PV) or sexual violence (SV) and adverse health behaviours among a sample of children in five African countries. Methods. In a cross-sectional analysis of data from Namibia, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe - countries that participated in the Global School-based Student Health Survey in 2003 or 2004 - we compared the relative frequency of several adverse health behaviours among children (primarily students 13-15 years of age) who did and who did not report exposure to PV or SV. We estimated odds ratios (ORs) for such behaviours and their 95% confidence intervals (Cls) after adjusting for age and sex. Findings. Exposure to PV during the 12 months preceding the survey was reported by 27-50% (average : 42%) of the children studied in the five countries, and lifetime exposure to SV was reported by 9-33% (average : 23%). Moderate to strong associations were observed between exposure to PV or SV and measures of mental health, suicidal ideation, current cigarette use, current alcohol use, lifetime drug use, multiple sex partners and a history of sexually transmitted infection (P
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