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Health Impact:
Depression:
Children after sexual abuse disclose some or all signs of depression. The depressive symptoms either may be obscured or they may have a physical way of expression. The expression may be in the form of complaints like fatigue or physical illness. Children may also act out in response to sexual abuse. This is primarily in response to the social and cultural stigma attached with it. The most common response is suicidal attempts or self-mutilation. Children having history of child sexual abuse have a probability of being diagnosed with depression which is four time higher than a child not going through such circumstances.
Poor social skills and low self-esteem:
Children who are victims of child sexual abuse either have …show more content…

The child sexual abuse victim may be going through an internal personality conflict leading to anger and aggression deep within. They may develop a hostile behaviour generally and towards their family’s as well. The hostile behaviour exhibited towards their families and care takers may mainly spring from their inability to provide protection to the child prior to the event. The anger may then go and affect many people. These may include class mates, teachers, friends and …show more content…

The prevalence of HIV and AIDS as it is very high in sun-Saharan Africa. The form of sexual abuse inflicted on children is usually penetrative. This gives them a chance of being highly vulnerable for contracting the diseases. The disease contraction itself makes a person an outcast in the society. Another form of belief related to HIV and AIDs is the reverse one. Having sexual intercourse with a young girl or a child is because they are thought to be minimally infected with the HIV virus and having low or no potential of having a sexually transmitted infection from

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