期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2010
卷号：12
期号：2
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：Child sexual abuse (CSA) has become a serious social and public health concern locally and globally.
This presentation discusses the role of macro-systemic contexts, both by omission and/or commission, in
understanding the aetiology and epidemiology of CSA in southern Africa. CSA is a social vice that
threatens to frustrate development efforts in the region due to its known deleterious consequences on the
survivors, the very people in whom the destiny of the region lies. Focus is on five selected broad
contexts which include the polity, mass media, laws on CSA, economic conditions (e.g. unemployment,
poverty and overcrowding) and culture (e.g. patriarchy, male dominance and male violence, gender
socialisation, and child rearing practices). An understanding of the role of macrosystemic contexts in the
aetiology and epidemiology of CSA can provide a baseline for both the formulation and implementation
of effective prevention and intervention strategies. This, it is argued, will go a long way in capacitating
future generations to meet their numerous needs, which is the essence of sustainable development.
关键词：Child sexual abuse; macrosystemic contexts; aetiology; epidemiology; southern Africa
