Rebecca S Mozaffarian, Steven L Gortmaker, Erica L Kenney, Jill E Carter, M Caitlin Westfall Howe, Jennifer F Reiner, Angie L Cradock
Assessment of a Districtwide Policy on Availability of Competitive Beverages in Boston Public Schools, Massachusetts, 2013
Preventing chronic disease
sexual coercion one major public health concerns globally even worrying among young people disabilities ypwds study assessed prevalence factors associated sexual coercion among inschool young people disabilities ghana using crosssectional study design pretested questionnaires used collect data 979 ypwds 15 special schools visually hearing impaired ghana sexual coercion outcome variable descriptive frequencies percentages inferential analysis binary logistic regression conducted 68 reported sexually coerced point lifetime higher among males 699 compared females 668 aged 1519 7219 highest prevalence compared aged 2024 6174 ypwds junior high school jhs aor 1722 ci 12272417 coastal zone aor 1616 ci 10682443 higher odds coerced however belonging islamic religion aor 0266 ci 007640928 visually impaired aor 0477 ci 03180716 lower odds coerced compared religion hearing impaired respectively relatively high prevalence sexual coercion among school ypwds ghana significantly associated level education ecological zone religion type disability calls concerted effort policy makers ghana education service ghana federation disabled ministry education ministry gender children social protection intensify sex education put pragmatic steps halt serious public health issue