RT Article
T1 The Invisible Burden of Violence Against Girls and Young Women in Mexico: 1990 to 2015
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 5/6
SP 2753
OP 2771
A1 Romero Mendoza, Martha P.
A2 Gómez-Dantes, Héctor
A2 Manríquez Montiel, Quetzaliztli
A2 Saldívar Hernández, Gabriela J.
A2 Campuzano Rincón, Julio C.
A2 Lozano-Hemmer, Rafael 1967-
A2 Medina-Mora Icaza, María Elena
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1750721023
AB The increasing burden of interpersonal violence in women in Mexico is a neglected social and health problem that competes with other leading causes of premature death, disability, and health losses in young women. In this article, we focus on revealing the burden of violence in girls and young women and its implications for public policy. This study presents the subnational analysis of Mexico from the Global Burden of Disease study (1990-2015). The global study harmonized information of 195 countries and 79 risk factors. The study analyzed the deaths, years of life lost to premature death (YLL), years lived with disability (YLD), and the healthy years of life lost or disability-adjusted life year (DALY) related to violence. Nationwide, violence in young women accounts for 7% of all deaths in the 10 to 29 years age group and arises as the second most important cause of death in all age groups, except 10 to 14 years old, where it stands in the seventh position from 1990 to 2015. The health losses and social impact related to violence in young women demands firm actions by the government and society. It is urgent for health institutions to focus on the health of girls and young women because gender inequities have an enormous effect on their lives. Girls and women are nearly universally less powerful, less privileged, and have fewer opportunities than men.
K1 Mexico
K1 Young women
K1 Girls
K1 Violence
K1 burden of disease
DO 10.1177/0886260517753851