Marcella Ogenchuk, Juanita Graham, Gerry Uswak, Holly Graham, Robert Weiler, Vivian R Ramsden
Pediatric oral health: community-based participatory research
BMC pediatrics
research focusing relationship interpersonal violence nutritional status adolescence scarce distinct results objective study investigate association family physical sexual violence inadequate nutritional status brazilian adolescents used data 2015 brazilian national survey school health study includes 11850 students older 13 years attending sixth ninth grade elementary school 1st 3rd year high school exposures family physical violence rape outcome nutritional status assessed body mass index association exposures outcome investigated using multinomial logistic regression model analyses adjusted demographic socioeconomic family variables prevalence family physical violence victimization approximately 14 among adolescents sexes prevalence rape 46 57 among male female adolescents respectively family physical violence associated underweight overweight obese either crude adjusted models sexes sexual violence inversely associated underweight male adolescents 021 ci 95 006075 female adolescents sexual violence associated overweightobesity 164 ci 95115233 study rape family physical violence victimization associated nutritional status adolescents sexes nonetheless association different boys girls rape inversely associated underweight male adolescents whereas female adolescents associated excess body weight