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Objective: to examine associations between experience of physical violence, sexual violence and emotional violence and adverse health behaviors among a sample of students in Republic of Macedonia. 
Methods:  In a cross sectional analysis of data from high school and university survey in R. of Macedonia  educational institutions that participated in the Adverse childhood experience survey in 2009-2010 we compared the relative frequency of several adverse health behaviors among students (primarily students 18-20 years of age) who did or who did not report experience of PV, SV or EV. We estimated odd ratios (ORs)  for such behaviors and theirs 95% confidence intervals (CIs) after adjusting for age and sex
Findings: Experience of physical violence in childhood was reported by 25 - 32%  of the students studied in several regions in Macedonia, and experience of sexual violence was reported by 9  12%. Emotional abuse was reported by 37  43%. Moderate to strong associations were observed between adverse childhood experience of physical violence and sexual violence and measures of mental health, suicidal ideation, cigarette smoking, alcohol or substance abuse, multiple sex partners
Conclusion: childhood experience of physical violence,  emotional violence and sexual violence  is common among Macedonian students and is associated with multiple adverse health behaviors. In developing country such as Macedonia, increased awareness of the frequency of experience of violence among children and its potential adverse health consequences may lead to heightened attention to the need for preventive programs that address the problem

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