https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/70f8d729fcad98aecae916d83d72d116.pdf 8042253176de5cc3b78e7760d2e7a22d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON THE HEALTH OF WOMEN IN GWERU URBAN Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PANGANAI TSITSI Description An account of the resource Sexual violence could be a menace to the health of women, so this study sought to investigate the effects of sexual violence on the health of women. The research hypothesis was that there is no relationship between sexual violence and the reproductive, psychological and physical health problems. The objectives were to expose the types of sexual violence and how women react to it in addition to establishing the prevalence of the psychological, physical and reproductive health (including STI and HIV/AIDS) problems resulting from sexual violence. A mixed methodology with a pragmatic approach was used to carry out the research. The research design was the casual comparative method where two groups that is the sample and control groups were selected to allow comparing of the results. The purposive sampling method was used at Msasa Project and Gweru hospital to obtain the sample group of 30 women who were sexually violated. The control group of 30 women who were not sexually violated was obtained by convenient sampling at Gweru Hospital MCH department. The data was obtained by triangulating interviews, focus groups and documentary analysis and analysed by descriptive statistics as well as using the SPSS for ANOVA, t-test and chi square. The research revealed that sexual violence does affect the health of women reproductively, psychologically and physically. The prevalence of STI and HIV related to sexual violence was 0.33 and 0.37 respectively. However the women were reluctant to report sexual violence because of their culture which makes it difficult to define sexual violence. The researcher suggests that men be educated on the rights of women and the effects of sexual violence and the 3 organisations dealing with women health issues should involve men. The women who report sexual violence should also be assessed for psychological problems as it was found to be the most common health problem associated with sexual violence. Abortion should be made accessible to the victims of sexual violence so that they are not burdened by an unwanted child Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available ZIMBABWE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013 sexual violence women health