Revista Peruana de Ciencias de la Salud (Apr 2019)

Factores asociados a la violencia de género en mujeres del Centro Poblado de La Esperanza, Huánuco

  • Amalia Leiva Yaro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.37711/rpcs.2019.1.2.20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. e20 – e20

Abstract

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Objective. To describe the factors that are associated with gender-based violence. Methods. An observational, transversal, prospective and correlational research was carried out on a sample of 333 women from the esperanza populated centre, amarilis, Huanuco during the 2018 period. a scale was used in the data collection. the chi square test of independence was used in the inferential analysis. Results. Overall, 81.7 % (272 women) reported mild violence, 12.3 % (41 women) moderate violence and 6% (20 women) severe violence. in addition, 6 %, 8.1 %, 9.9 % and 13.5 % of the women experienced severe physical, psychological, sexual and economic violence, respectively. on the other hand, 8.4 % (28 women) were exposed to social factors, 5.4 % (18 women) to culural factors and 2.7 % (9 women) to personal factors. since social, cultural and personal factors are significantly associated with gender-based violence, all of them with p< 0.05. Conclusions. Social, cultural and personal factors are associated with gender-based violence against women of the esperanza populated centre, Amarilis, Huanuco.

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