Primary Care for Urban Adolescent Girls from Ethnically Diverse Populations: Foregone Care and Access to Confidential Care

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 759-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane McKee ◽  
Jason Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls

Freedom of Movement and Adolescent Sexual Violence in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052091858
Author(s):  
Anita Raj ◽  
Abhishek Singh ◽  
Jay G. Silverman ◽  
Nandita Bhan ◽  
Kathryn M. Barker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Restricted Movement ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Multivariable Regression ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls ◽  
Nationally Representative

This study assesses associations between freedom of movement and sexual violence, both in marriage and outside of marriage, among a representative sample of adolescents in India. We analyzed data from girls aged 15 to 19 years ( n = 9,593) taken from India’s nationally representative National Family Health Survey 2015–2016. We defined freedom of movement using three items on whether girls could go unaccompanied to specified locations; we summated responses and categorized them as restricted, or unrestricted. We used multivariable regression to assess associations between restricted movement and nonmarital violence, and with marital sexual violence among ever-married girls. Results show that only 2% of girls reported nonmarital sexual violence, among married and unmarried girls; 6% of married girls reported marital sexual violence. Most girls (78%) reported some restriction in movement. Restricted movement was negatively associated with nonmarital sexual violence (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.52, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.31, 0.87], p = .01) but positively associated with marital sexual violence (AOR = 3.87, 95% CI = [1.82, 8.25], p < .001). Further analyses highlight that the observed association with nonmarital sexual violence was specific to urban and not rural girls. These findings reveal that approximately one in 30 adolescent girls in India has been a victim of sexual violence. Restricted movement is associated with lower risk for nonmarital sexual violence for urban adolescent girls, possibly due to lower exposure opportunity. Married girls with restricted movement have higher odds of marital sexual violence, possibly because these are both forms of control used by abusive husbands. Freedom of movement is a human right that should not place girls at greater risk for nonmarital violence or be used as a means of control by abusive spouses. Social change is needed to secure girls’ safety in India.

Self-Reported Physical Activity and Bone Mineral Density in Urban Adolescent Girls

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Stager ◽  
Raymond Harvey ◽  
Michelle Secic ◽  
Kelly Camlin-Shingler ◽  
Barbara Cromer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Bone Mineral Density ◽  
Bone Mineral ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls

"Somebody Else Making Somebody Else Fight": Aggression and the Social Context Among Urban Adolescent Girls

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Talbott ◽  
Dorota Celinska ◽  
Jenny Simpson ◽  
Molly G. Coe
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls

Early to Bed: A Study of Adaptation Among Sexually Active Urban Adolescent Girls Younger Than Age Sixteen

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉS MARTIN ◽  
VLADISLAV RUCHKIN ◽  
ARGYRO CAMINIS ◽  
ROBERT VERMEIREN ◽  
CHRISTOPHER C. HENRICH ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls
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