Contexts of Violence in Adolescence Cohort Study (CoVAC)

青春期暴力背景研究 (CoVAC)

• 批准号: MR/R002827/1
• 负责人: Karen Devries
• 金额: $ 169.07万
• 依托单位: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FR002827%2F1
• 关键词: Contexts; Violence; Adolescence; Cohort; Study

More than one in three adult women globally have experienced physical or sexual violence by their intimate partner. We know that risk of intimate partner violence in adulthood for both women and men is linked to childhood and adolescent experiences of violence. However, less is known about why this is, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Most research on why comes from North America and Europe, where the basic patterns of childhood and adolescent violence exposure are different to many low and middle income country settings, including Uganda.It is important to study why violence in childhood and adolescence and intimate partner violence in adulthood violence are linked so that we can figure out how to more effectively prevent violence across these time periods. Our study has three goals. The first is to get a better understanding of the patterns of prior violence exposure among young adolescents in Uganda, a low-income country setting. The second goal is to understand in more detail which types of violence exposure in early adolescence are associated with violence in later adolescence and young adulthood. The third is to explore how and why these associations occur, with a view to understanding how both characteristics of the individual, and characteristics of the contexts in which individuals find themselves, might amplify or interrupt these associations.In order to do this, we are intending to follow 3438 young adolescents over time. We plan to use a mixture of both survey methods with more in-depth interviews and observations to understand participants' views and practices in relation to violence and experiences of growing up in Uganda.We have already done one survey with young adolescents, their teachers and some of their caregivers in 2014, when the adolescents were aged 11-14 years. We will do a second survey in 2018, when the adolescents are aged 15-18 years, and a third survey in 2021 when they are 18-21 years. In our survey, we ask detailed questions about the use and experience of different forms of violence, the mental health of our participants, and about participants' relationships with different types of people, including romantic relationships. We will gather extensive data on participants' family, school, and other contexts where they spend time, and will analyse how these contexts can support the development of non-violent behaviour and relationships over time.Our qualitative study will involve in-depth work with a sub-sample of about 36 girls and boys, who reported varying experiences of violence in the 2014 survey, when they were 11-14 years, and who will also be followed up over time from 2018 until 2021. We will speak with these core participants individually, and with groups of friends, and conduct observations in and around the schools and communities where participants find themselves. Through building detailed biographical case studies with these young people, we hope to gain insight into how adolescents experience different forms of violence, and the ways in which their social relationships and networks influence their safety and perspectives and practices on violence. As well as working with this core group, we will collect data from a broader sample of young people, school staff, parents, community members and officials, as well as the broader political and socio-economic landscape, in order to analyse the ways in which the contexts in which young people live enhance risks or help protect young people from violence. This research will improve understanding of what types of mechanisms we can target to help effectively prevent violence across adolescence and into adulthood. Our findings will be new and interesting because very few longitudinal studies have been conducted across this age group, and even fewer in low income country settings. We plan to use these results directly to develop programming in Uganda.

全球有超过三分之一的成年妇女经历了其亲密伴侣的身体或性暴力。我们知道，男女成年后的亲密伴侣暴力风险与童年和青少年暴力经历有关。但是，尤其是在低收入国家和中等收入国家中，鲜为人知。关于为什么来自北美和欧洲的大多数研究，在北美和欧洲，童年和青少年暴力暴露的基本模式与许多低收入国家 /地区的环境不同，包括乌干达。我们的研究有三个目标。首先是更好地了解乌干达的年轻青少年在低收入国家环境中的暴力暴露模式。第二个目标是更详细地了解青春期早期的暴力暴露类型与青春期和年轻成年后的暴力有关。第三个是探索这些关联的发生方式和原因，以了解个人的特征以及个人发现自己的环境的特征，可能会放大或中断这些关联。为了做到这一点，我们打算遵循3438年的年轻青少年。我们计划将两种调查方法的混合物与更深入的访谈和观察结果混合在一起，以了解参与者在乌干达成长的暴力和经历的观点和实践。我们已经与年轻的青少年，他们的老师和他们的一些护理人员进行了一项调查，该调查是在2014年，即青少年年龄11-14岁。我们将在2018年进行第二次调查，当时青少年年龄15-18岁，并在2021年的第三次调查中进行18-21岁。在我们的调查中，我们询问有关不同形式的暴力，参与者的心理健康以及参与者与不同类型的人的关系（包括浪漫关系）的详细问题。我们将收集有关参与者的家庭，学校和他们花费时间的其他环境的大量数据，并将分析这些环境如何支持非暴力行为和随着时间的流逝的发展。我们的定性研究将涉及大约36个女孩和男孩的子样本，以至于在2014年的暴力经历中，他们在2014年的暴力经历中，他们在2014年的暴力经历中也将在2014年及时持续20年级，直到他们将在2014年期间以及他们的范围为201年，他们将在2014年的时间里和男孩，直到他们将在2014年和男孩中持续了20年。核心参与者单独以及与朋友团体一起进行，并在参与者发现自己的学校和社区周围进行观察。通过与这些年轻人建立详细的传记案例研究，我们希望深入了解青少年如何体验不同形式的暴力行为，以及他们的社会关系和网络影响他们的安全，观点和实践的方式。除了与这个核心小组合作外，我们还将收集更多年轻人，学校工作人员，父母，社区成员和官员以及更广泛的政治和社会经济格局的数据，以分析年轻人生活的环境增强风险或帮助保护年轻人免受暴力的方式。这项研究将提高我们可以针对哪种机制的理解，以帮助有效防止在整个青春期到成年。我们的发现将是新颖有趣的，因为在这个年龄段的纵向研究中，很少有纵向研究，在低收入国家环境中甚至更少。我们计划直接使用这些结果来开发乌干达的编程。

项目成果

Young people, inequality and violence during the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda

• DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/2p6hx
• 发表时间: 2020-01-01
• 期刊: CoVAC Working Paper
• 作者: Parkes, J.;Datzberger, S.;Devries, K.
• 通讯作者: Devries, K.

Intensified inequities: Young people's experiences of Covid-19 and school closures in Uganda.

加剧的不平等：乌干达年轻人的 Covid-19 经历和学校停课。

• DOI: 10.1111/chso.12627
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Children & society
• 影响因子: 1.7
• 作者: Datzberger S

Remote methods for research on violence against women and children: lessons and challenges from research during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008460
• 发表时间: 2022-11
• 期刊: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH
• 影响因子: 8.1
• 作者: Bhatia, Amiya;Turner, Ellen;Akim, Aggrey;Mirembe, Angel;Nakuti, Janet;Parkes, Jenny;Datzberger, Simone;Nagawa, Rehema;Kung'u, Mary;Babu, Hellen;Kabuti, Rhoda;Kimani, Joshua;Beattie, Tara S.;d'Oliveira, Ana Flavia;Rishal, Poonam;Nyakuwa, Robert;Bell, Sadie;Bukuluki, Paul;Cislaghi, Beniamino;Tanton, Clare;Conolly, Anne;Mercer, Catherine H.;Seeley, Janet;Bacchus, Loraine J.;Devries, Karen
• 通讯作者: Devries, Karen

Long-Term Outcomes of the Good School Toolkit Primary School Violence Prevention Intervention Among Adolescents: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Quasi-Experimental Study.

• DOI: 10.2196/20940
• 发表时间: 2020-12-07
• 期刊: JMIR research protocols
• 影响因子: 1.7
• 作者: Knight L;Atuhaire L;Allen E;Namy S;Anton-Erxleben K;Nakuti J;Mirembe AF;Nakiboneka M;Seeley J;Weiss HA;Parkes J;Bonell C;Naker D;Devries K
• 通讯作者: Devries K

The association between violence victimization and subsequent unplanned pregnancy among adolescent girls in Uganda: Do primary schools make a difference?

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001141
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: PLOS global public health
• 作者: Merrill KG;Knight L;Nakuti J;Mirembe A;Allen E;Bhatia A;Parkes J;Naker D;Devries KM
• 通讯作者: Devries KM