Adapting a complex violence prevention intervention: a case study of the Good School Toolkit in Uganda

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Prevalence of violence reported by male and female students in primary and secondary schools

	Male Students					Female Students
Prevalence of Violence Reported by Students	Primary School		Secondary School		P^a	Primary School		Secondary School		P^a
Prevalence of Violence Reported by Students	(N = 1769)		(N = 197) ~		P^a	(N = 1937)		(N = 196) ~		P^a
From School Staff (Past Year)^b
Emotional Violence	464	26%	69	35%	0.008	504	26%	66	34%	0.02
Physical violence	1,108	63%	134	68%	0.25	1,362	70%	118	60%	< 0.001
Severe^c physical violence	98	6%	14	7%	0.18	124	6%	17	9%	0.11
Sexual Violence	26	2%	4	2%	0.3	40	2%	11	6%	< 0.001
*Any emotional, physical, sexual violence*	*1180*	*67%*	*146*	*74%*	*0.01*	*1414*	*73%*	*134*	*68%*	*0.11*
From Student Peers (Past Year)^b
Emotional Violence	584	33%	105	44%	0.006	517	27%	89	38%	< 0.001
Physical violence	442	25%	73	29%	0.3	438	23%	57	22%	0.67
Sexual Violence	28	2%	15	8%	< 0.001	75	4%	43	20%	< 0.001
*Any emotional, physical, sexual violence*	*779*	*44%*	*131*	*54%*	*0.009*	*769*	*40%*	*125*	*52%*	< 0.001
From dating or intimate partners (Lifetime)^d			Secondary School Male					Secondary School Female		P^e
From dating or intimate partners (Lifetime)^d			(N = 132)^d					(N = 136)^d
Emotional Violence			52	39%				60	44%	0.43
Physical Violence			2	2%				6	4%	0.16
Sexual Violence			12	9%				27	20%	0.01
*Any emotional, physical, sexual violence*			55	*42%*				70	*51%*	*0.03*

^aP-value for comparison between secondary and primary school students
^bFor 'past year' violence from school staff (male N = 197, female N = 196); first year students excluded as they did not attend secondary school in the preceding year
^cCut you with a sharp object, burnt you, choked you or forced you to do something that was dangerous or whipped you; severely beaten you up
^dPrevalence of violence analysed for those who had ever had a dating or intimate partner N = 268
^eP-value for comparison between male and female students

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