NDLI: Interpersonal violence: an important risk factor for disease and injury in South Africa

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Author	Norman, Rosana Schneider, Michelle Bradshaw, Debbie Jewkes, Rachel Abrahams, Naeemah Matzopoulos, Richard Vos, Theo
Abstract	Background Burden of disease estimates for South Africa have highlighted the particularly high rates of injuries related to interpersonal violence compared with other regions of the world, but these figures tell only part of the story. In addition to direct physical injury, violence survivors are at an increased risk of a wide range of psychological and behavioral problems. This study aimed to comprehensively quantify the excess disease burden attributable to exposure to interpersonal violence as a risk factor for disease and injury in South Africa. Methods The World Health Organization framework of interpersonal violence was adapted. Physical injury mortality and disability were categorically attributed to interpersonal violence. In addition, exposure to child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence, subcategories of interpersonal violence, were treated as risk factors for disease and injury using counterfactual estimation and comparative risk assessment methods. Adjustments were made to account for the combined exposure state of having experienced both child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence. Results Of the 17 risk factors included in the South African Comparative Risk Assessment study, interpersonal violence was the second leading cause of healthy years of life lost, after unsafe sex, accounting for 1.7 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) or 10.5% of all DALYs (95% uncertainty interval: 8.5%-12.5%) in 2000. In women, intimate partner violence accounted for 50% and child sexual abuse for 32% of the total attributable DALYs. Conclusions The implications of our findings are that estimates that include only the direct injury burden seriously underrepresent the full health impact of interpersonal violence. Violence is an important direct and indirect cause of health loss and should be recognized as a priority health problem as well as a human rights and social issue. This study highlights the difficulties in measuring the disease burden from interpersonal violence as a risk factor and the need to improve the epidemiological data on the prevalence and risks for the different forms of interpersonal violence to complete the picture. Given the extent of the burden, it is essential that innovative research be supported to identify social policy and other interventions that address both the individual and societal aspects of violence.
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Page Count	12
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ISSN	14787954
DOI	10.1186/1478-7954-8-32
Journal	Population Health Metrics
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	8
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2010-12-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Epidemiology Research Methodology Health Services Research Intimate Partner Violence Child Sexual Abuse Community Violence Interpersonal Violence South African Woman
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology
Journal Impact Factor	3.2/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.3/2023

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