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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Vall-Llosera Casanovas, Laura author Serra, Laura author Saurina Canals, Carme author Sanz-Barbero, Belén author Vives-Cases, Carmen author López, María José author Otero-García, Laura author Pérez, Glòria author Renart-Vicens, Gemma author 2022-10-11 Background: Sexual harassment is a type of coercion, including social pressure, intimidation, physical force, and verbal acts, in addition to other forms such as cyber-harassment, recognized as a major important public health problem. Methods: This cross-sectional study, based on a survey administered online to men and women aged 18 to 35 years and living in Spain throughout 15th and 28th October 2020, aims to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with sexual harassment among young people in Spain within the last 12 months, particularly according to the COVID-19 lockdown period. It has been conducted by bivariate analysis and robust Poisson regression models. The final sample includes 2.515 participants. Results: The results indicate that women were almost twice as likely as men to experience sexual harassment (49% vs 22.2%). Also, among heterosexual men and women, the estimated prevalence was lower concerning that observed among bisexuals, gays, and lesbians (31.5% vs 53, 39.2, and 34.6% respectively). The prevalence percentage in the 18-24 age group was twice high as that observed in the 30-35 age group. Finally, during the lockdown period, the harassment through electronic channels increased (32.6% vs 16.5 and 17.8% before and after this period, respectively) and decreased on public roads (22.9% vs 63.4 and 54.4% pre-lockdown and post-lockdown periods, respectively). Conclusion: These findings highlight that sexual harassment presents a high prevalence among young people, especially cyber-harassment, and workplace harassment and it is important to be aware that young women are more likely to suffer harassment and even more if they do not have a partner or have LGB orientation. During the lockdown sexual harassment has moved from public spaces to the social network. BMC Public Health. 2022 Oct 11;22(1):1888. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/15935 36221078 10.1186/s12889-022-14264-9 1471-2458 BMC public health COVID-19 Gender Sexuality Lockdown period Sexual harassment Young people Prevalence of sexual harassment among young Spaniards before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown period in Spain