Gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health among low-income youth in three Brazilian cities

• Published in: Reproductive health matters Vol. 24; no. 47; pp. 141 - 152
• Main Authors: Chacham, Alessandra Sampaio, Simão, Andrea Branco, Caetano, André Junqueira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.05.2016; Taylor & Francis; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Brazil; Coitus; Condoms; Condoms - utilization; FEATURE; Female; gender-based violence; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Men; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Personal Autonomy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Adolescence - statistics & numerical data; Reproductive Health; Sex Offenses; Sexual Behavior; sexual health; Sexual violence; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teen pregnancy; teenage pregnancy; Urban Population; Violence; Violence against women; Women; Womens studies; youth; Brazil; sexual health; gender-based violence; reproductive health; youth; teenage pregnancy

In this article, we investigate how gender-based violence (GBV) affects the sexual and reproductive health of impoverished adolescents and young adults. We analyse data from a 2011 survey of 450 young women and 300 young men aged 15–29, living in poor neighbourhoods of three middle-sized cities in M...