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Disclosure, reporting and help seeking among child survivors of violence

A cross-country analysis

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ID15360783
AuthorsAudrey Pereira (0000-0001-7982-7454, International Food Policy Research Institute, corresponding author), Amber Peterman (0000-0002-3921-5936, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Anastasia Naomi Neijhoft (Grupo João Ferreira dos Santos (Mozambique)), Robert Buluma (National Museums of Kenya), Rocio Aznar Daban (United Nations Children's Fund), Aminul Islam (0000-0001-9933-143X, Kenya Forest Service), Esmie Tamanda Vilili Kainja (Ministry of Health), Inah Fatoumata Kaloga, They Kheam, Afrooz Kaviani Johnson (0000-0002-7742-6689), M Catherine Maternowska (0000-0002-6493-5679), Alina Potts (0000-0002-3787-3679, Institute for Women's Policy Research), Chivith Rottanak, Chea Samnang (Royal University of Phnom Penh), Mary Shawa (Ministry of Health), Miho Yoshikawa, Tia Palermo (0000-0003-0419-2049, University at Buffalo, State University of New York)
Year2020
Volume20
Issue1
Pages1051-1051
Publication date2020-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-020-09069-7
PMID32616007
OpenAlexW3039239887
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited30

Across countries examined, help-seeking and receipt of formal services is low for children experiencing physical and/or sexual violence, with few consistent factors identified which facilitated help-seeking. Further understanding of help seeking, alongside improved data quality and availability will aid prevention responses, including the ability to assist child survivors in a timely manner

Biostatistics · Blame · Descriptive statistics · Developing country · Environmental health · Help-seeking · Mental health · Psychiatry · Public health · Receipt · Sexual violence · Socioeconomics · Tanzania · Child Abuse and Trauma · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing

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Citations per year2,8
Citation span2021 - 2025 (5)
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