Karen Devries
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 110638 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Karen Devries |
| PRENOMES | Karen |
| SOBRENOME | Devries |
| ASSINATURA | DEVRIES K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8935-2181 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 74 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 124 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 74 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Delivering an effective violence prevention intervention at scale
Almost no evidence exists on effectively delivering school violence prevention interventions at scale. The Good School Toolkit (GST), developed by Uganda-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Raising Voices, is an effective whole-school violence prevention intervention when delivered by NGO staff. This study aimed to determine whether GST, delivered via a scalable delivery model using Regional Resource Persons (RRPs), is effective in changing…
Context or composition? Spatial Bayesian analysis of sexual violence against adolescent girls and young women in Namibia
There is considerable spatial variation in sexual violence (SV) against adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) within and across countries; however, the reasons for this remain poorly understood. This study investigated the relative contributions of compositional (individual- and household-level) and contextual (community-level) factors to spatial variations in the risk of SV against AGYW in Namibia. Understanding these dynamics is vital for des…
A systematic review and equity analysis of school-based violence prevention interventions evaluated in randomised controlled trials
Experiencing violence in school is a violation of a child’s rights and can increase school absence, affect academic achievement, employment prospects, and later-life health. Effective school-based violence prevention interventions are crucial, however, most are universally targeted. It is less clear if current interventions to prevent violence in schools ensure subgroups of children benefit equitably. We conducted a systematic review. We drew on …
Thinking with Jonathan Z. Smith and Drudgery Divine on the 35 th Anniversary of Its Publication
DRUDGERY DIVINE: ON THE COMPARISON OF EARLY CHRISTIANITIES AND THE RELIGIONS OF LATE ANTIQUITY. By Smith, . Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1990. Pp. xvi + 147. Paperback, $30.00. Since the first chapter of Drudgery Divine: On the Comparison of Early Christianities and the Religions of Late Antiquity is organized around the theme of origins, it seems both fitting and useful to begin with an origin story. In the autumn of 1997, I had jus…
How Does Experience of Violence in Childhood Affect Work Outcomes? A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies
Experiencing violence in childhood and adolescence is both common and long-lasting, and associated with poor short- and long-term health and economic outcomes. In the current study, we reviewed evidence from longitudinal studies on the association between violence in childhood and work outcomes to determine the direction and magnitude of the association, explore variations by violence type, identify evidence gaps, and describe the extent of resea…
Mediators of the Association Between a Parent’s Experience of Trauma and Their Children’s Well-Being
At present, our understanding of trauma’s complexity is underdeveloped, particularly with regard to intergenerational effects. In this paper, we review peer-reviewed literature on parental trauma and child well-being, focusing on mediating factors. We conducted a global systematic review of longitudinal, observational studies assessing mediators between a parent’s traumatic exposure and their children’s well-being. The primary outcome of the revi…
Impact and Mental Health Mediation of Intimate Partner Violence on Child Behavior in Trinidad and Tobago
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to have detrimental effects on persons who directly experience this form of abuse. Emerging research also indicates that a parent’s experience of IPV may influence their children’s well-being through various intermediary pathways. However, there is still no established model to explain these mechanisms. This study is among the few that assess maternal mental health symptoms as potential mediators of the as…
Embedding violence prevention in existing religious and education systems
Interventions designed by 'insiders' at institutions such as the Catholic Church, have huge potential for implementation at a large scale due to systems and context expertise, pre-established relationships, and alignment with stakeholder priorities. However, such interventions should be mindful of power hierarchies and provide adequate support to equip actors with violence prevention expertise. Future research on violence prevention interventions…
The Good School Toolkit–Secondary to prevent violence against students
Pan African Clinical Trials Registry, PACTR202009826515511, 16/09/20
Changing perspectives on corporal punishment in schools
This paper contributes to decolonising ways in which corporal punishment has been understood and represented in Africa, through engaging with the complex views of young Ugandans about corporal punishment in schools. Conceptualising time as non-linear, and violence as a web of power, our analysis of longitudinal, mixed method data traces how physical punishment functioned to maintain the generational order, and as a regulatory practice in schools.…
Parental resilience in Trinidad & Tobago during the Covid-19 pandemic
Self-sacrificial parenting may diminish parents’ well-being under adversity • Diminished parental well-being may strain family dynamics • Social, historical and structural factors influence parental resilience • Parents may adopt coping mechanisms to remain resilient under adversity • Gender inequality can impact how parents responds to adversity
Sexual violence through corporal punishment
Children experience significant violence from teachers and peers in schools. Growing evidence from low-and-middle-income country settings shows the potential for interventions in schools to reduce violence and improve school environments, however these tend to act in siloes and address particular subsets of violence. Further, little is known about how to prevent teacher sexual violence, a particularly sensitive form of violence. We conducted a qu…
Factors Associated with Usage of Oral-PrEP among Female Sex Workers in Nairobi, Kenya, Assessed by Self-Report and a Point-of-Care Urine Tenofovir Immunoassay
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective at reducing HIV acquisition. We aimed to estimate usage of oral-PrEP, and factors associated with adherence among female sex workers (FSWs) in Nairobi, Kenya, using a novel point-of-care urine tenofovir lateral flow assay (LFA). The Maisha Fiti study randomly selected FSWs from Sex Worker Outreach Program clinics in Nairobi. Data were collected from 1003 FSWs from June-October 2019, including su…
Experiences of teachers and students on school closures and its consequences during the Covid-19 pandemic in Nyarugusu refugee camp, Tanzania
Tanzania has experienced several waves of COVID-19 since it was first detected in the country. During the first wave, Tanzania took several measures to prevent wider virus transmission with school closures being one of them. All areas and institutions were targeted, including the refugee camps in Kigoma region. Despite the abundant evidence generated in relation to the effects of the pandemic and associated school closures globally, there has bee…
Does disability modify the association between poor mental health and violence victimisation over adolescence? Evidence from the CoVAC cohort study in Uganda
We aimed to estimate the impact of poor mental health in early adolescence on subsequent poor mental health, depression, and violence victimisation in late adolescence and to determine whether young people living with disabilities experienced a stronger relationship between mental health and these outcomes. Data from two waves of a longitudinal cohort study of 2773 Ugandan adolescents were used to assess the impact of mental health difficulties i…
Associations between violence in childhood, depression and suicide attempts in adolescence
Findings highlight the importance of efforts to prevent violence and improve access to response and support services for violence and mental health for young people. Findings also underscore the important role friends and peer networks can play in mitigating the effects of violence as young people grow up
Violence outcomes in later adolescence with the Good School Toolkit-Primary
Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01678846, registration date 24 August 2012. Protocol for this paper: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2020/12/e20940
Adapting a complex violence prevention intervention
Based on our experience, it was difficult to apply mechanistic models to clarify the intervention logic of the GST-P, a complex multicomponent intervention, and simpler methods may be sufficient. Our team had high levels of contextual knowledge before the adaptation, and formative research to understand the new target population provided only limited additional insight. In similar situations, a simplified approach to mapping the core intervention…
Unintended pregnancies in the lives of young people in Luwero, Uganda
Using a feminist narrative approach, this article explores how unintended pregnancy can rupture young lives, and how young people respond to and navigate these ruptures. We analyse qualitative data from a longitudinal cohort study in Luwero, Uganda, focusing on narratives of a girl and a boy about their recent experiences of unintended and unwanted pregnancy during COVID-19 school closures. We argue that laws, policies and norms relating to educa…
Young people’s experiences of informal kinship care in Luwero, Uganda
There is strong evidence that outside parental care, informal kinship care is the most practiced, sustainable and affordable form of childcare in SSA (sub-Saharan Africa). As a longstanding cultural tradition, informal kinship care embraces childcare as the responsibility of all extended family members, and often the wider community. However, over the past decades, informal kinship care has become gradually strained by political, economic and soc…
Ethical reporting of research on violence against women and children
Changes in research practice during the COVID-19 pandemic necessitates renewed attention to ethical protocols and reporting for data collection on sensitive topics. This review summarises the state of ethical reporting among studies collecting violence data during early stages of the pandemic. We systematically searched for journal publications from the start of the pandemic to November 2021, identifying 75 studies that collected primary data on …
Inequities in birth registration, violent discipline, and child labour by disability status and sex
Nearly 240 million children are estimated to have a disability globally. We describe inequities by disability status and sex in birth registration, child labour, and violent discipline outcomes. Data come from Round 6 of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey programme and includes 323,436 children, aged 2–17 years in 24 countries. We estimated non-registration of birth, child labour, and violent discipline, stratified by sex and disability in eac…
Understanding why EmpaTeach did not reduce teachers’ use of violence in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp
EmpaTeach was the first intervention to address teacher violence to be tested in a humanitarian setting and the first to focus on reducing impulsive use of violence, but a cluster randomised trial found no evidence that the intervention was effective in reducing physical and emotional violence from teachers. We aimed to understand why. We conducted a quantitative process evaluation to describe the intervention implementation process (what was imp…
The association between violence victimization and subsequent unplanned pregnancy among adolescent girls in Uganda
Violence victimization is a risk factor for adolescent pregnancy in high-income, low violence prevalence countries, but longitudinal data are lacking from settings where violence and adolescent pregnancy are common, including sub-Saharan Africa. We also know little about contextual factors which modify this association. We analyzed data from the Contexts of Violence in Adolescence Cohort (CoVAC) study in Luwero District, Uganda. Primary students …
Intensified inequities
Uganda had the longest period of school closures worldwide as a response measure during the Covid‐19 pandemic. Drawing on longitudinal qualitative data from the Contexts of Violence in Adolescence Cohort Study (CoVAC) (2018–2023), we examine how this has affected the lives of adolescents in Uganda. Our analysis showcases how intersecting inequities based on socioeconomic circumstances, gender and location have intensified, with detrimental effect…
Violence against women is strongly associated with suicide attempts
Intimate partner violence during pregnancy
We aimed to describe the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy across 19 countries, and examine trends across age groups and UN regions. We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (20 surveys from 15 countries) and the International Violence Against Women Surveys (4 surveys from 4 countries) carried out between 1998 and 2007. Our data suggest that intimate partner violence during a p…
I told him not to use condoms
Gendered power imbalances in heterosexual relationships are a key target of gender-sensitive STI risk reduction interventions. Gendered aspects of sexual behaviour have not been explored among Canadian indigenous young people, who are at elevated risk for STI relative to other young Canadians. We used data from in-depth qualitative interviews with 15 male and 15 female indigenous young people to explore gendered sexual behaviour and its implicati…
How did the Good School Toolkit reduce the risk of past week physical violence from teachers to students? Qualitative findings on pathways of change in schools in Luwero, Uganda
Factors Associated With the Sexual Behavior of Canadian Aboriginal Young People and Their Implications for Health Promotion
Objectives. We examined factors associated with having ever had sex, having more than 1 lifetime sexual partner, and condom nonuse at last incident of sexual intercourse among Canadian Aboriginal young people. Methods. We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the 2003 British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey, a cross-sectional survey of young people in grades 7 through 12. Results. Of 1140 young Aboriginal men, 34% had ever had sex; of the…
Epistemological Dominance and Social Inequality
Can epistemologies anchor processes of social inequality? In this paper, we consider how epistemological dominance in science, engineering, and health (SE&H) fields perpetuates disadvantages for students who enter higher education with alternative epistemologies. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Native American students enrolled at two US research universities who adhere to or revere indigenous epistemologies, we find that epistemological domi…
Addressing silences in research on girls’ experiences of teacher sexual violence
Growing evidence from multiple countries in Africa documents sexual violence in schools. However, when that violence is committed by teachers it is shrouded in secrecy. This article identifies disconnects between quantitative and qualitative research, policy and practice, which have contributed to these silences. We address some of these silences through a dialogical analysis of mixed methods data from the Contexts of Violence in Adolescence Coho…
Psychosocial resilience among left-behind adolescents in rural Thailand
When parents migrate, they often leave children behind with relatives. Despite being at higher risk of socio-emotional problems, many left-behind children have good health and social outcomes, suggesting their resilience. We sought to understand how adolescents with internal and international migrant parents build resilience in Thailand. We conducted qualitative interviews with 24 adolescents aged 10-19, and six caregivers, parents and community …
Location Restrictions on Smoking
Factors Associated with Condom Use Among Aboriginal People
Boyfriends and Booty Calls
Factors Associated with Pregnancy and STI among Aboriginal Students in British Columbia
Smoking Cessation for Pregnant Women
Factors Associated with Condom Use Among Aboriginal People
Factors Associated With the Sexual Behavior of Canadian Aboriginal Young People and Their Implications for Health Promotion
Objectives. We examined factors associated with having ever had sex, having more than 1 lifetime sexual partner, and condom nonuse at last incident of sexual intercourse among Canadian Aboriginal young people. Methods. We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the 2003 British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey, a cross-sectional survey of young people in grades 7 through 12. Results. Of 1140 young Aboriginal men, 34% had ever had sex; of the…
Location Restrictions on Smoking
Factors Associated with Pregnancy and STI among Aboriginal Students in British Columbia
Intimate partner violence during pregnancy
We aimed to describe the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy across 19 countries, and examine trends across age groups and UN regions. We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (20 surveys from 15 countries) and the International Violence Against Women Surveys (4 surveys from 4 countries) carried out between 1998 and 2007. Our data suggest that intimate partner violence during a p…
I told him not to use condoms
Gendered power imbalances in heterosexual relationships are a key target of gender-sensitive STI risk reduction interventions. Gendered aspects of sexual behaviour have not been explored among Canadian indigenous young people, who are at elevated risk for STI relative to other young Canadians. We used data from in-depth qualitative interviews with 15 male and 15 female indigenous young people to explore gendered sexual behaviour and its implicati…
What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence
IPV prevention programs should increase focus on transforming gender norms and attitudes, addressing childhood abuse, and reducing harmful drinking. Development initiatives to improve access to education for girls and boys may also have an important role in violence prevention
Boyfriends and Booty Calls
Violence against women is strongly associated with suicide attempts
A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010
The global prevalence of intimate partner homicide
The Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
Data from 81 countries was used to estimate global prevalence of intimate partner violence against women.
“It’s Not Something You Have to Be Scared About”
Using data from a qualitative study on sexual health and condom use among Aboriginal young people in British Columbia, we explore young people’s views on pregnancy, fertility, and how these relate to sexually transmitted infection (STI) vulnerability. During 2004–2005, in-depth individual interviews were conducted with 15 young men and 15 young women who self-identified as Aboriginal. A descriptive thematic analysis is presented here. Aboriginal …
“I Like to Think I’m a Pretty Safe Guy but Sometimes a 40-Pounder* Will Change That”
We conducted a mixed methods study to explore links between substance use and sexual risk among Aboriginal young people in British Columbia, Canada. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted in 2004–2005 with 30 young people ages 15–19; we present a descriptive thematic analysis. Data from a 2003 provincially representative survey that included 2,467 Aboriginal young people attending secondary school were used to model relationships between s…
Findings from the Sasa! Study
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are important and interconnected public health concerns. While it is recognized that they share common social drivers, there is limited evidence surrounding the potential of community interventions to reduce violence and HIV risk at the community level. The SASA! study assessed the community-level impact of SASA!, a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence and reduce HIV-risk beha…
Worldwide prevalence of non-partner sexual violence
‘Sasa! is the medicine that treats violence’. Qualitative findings on how a community mobilisation intervention to prevent violence against women created change in Kampala, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) violates women's human rights and is a serious public health concern. Historically strategies to prevent IPV have focussed on individuals and their relationships without addressing the context under which IPV occurs. Primary prevention of IPV is a relatively new focus of international efforts and what SASA!, a phased community mobilisation intervention, seeks to achieve. METHODS: Conducted in Kampala, U…
Violence against primary school children with disabilities in Uganda
In Uganda, disabled girls are at particular risk of violence, notably sexual violence. Schools may be a promising venue for intervention delivery. Further research on the epidemiology and prevention of violence against disabled and non-disabled children in low income countries is urgently needed
The Good School Toolkit for reducing physical violence from school staff to primary school students
BACKGROUND: Violence against children from school staff is widespread in various settings, but few interventions address this. We tested whether the Good School Toolkit-a complex behavioural intervention designed by Ugandan not-for-profit organisation Raising Voices-could reduce physical violence from school staff to Ugandan primary school children. METHODS: We randomly selected 42 primary schools (clusters) from 151 schools in Luwero District, U…
Do routinely measured risk factors for obesity explain the sex gap in its prevalence? Observations from Saudi Arabia
Our analysis shows that most commonly measured risk factors for obesity do not explain the sex differences in its prevalence in the Saudi context. Further research is needed to understand what might explain the female excess in obesity prevalence. We discuss how data related to the lived experience of Saudi men and women may tap into underlying mechanisms by which the sex difference in obesity prevalence are produced
Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of a community mobilisation intervention to reduce intimate partner violence in Kampala, Uganda
ClinicalTrials.gov # NCT00790959
Ecological pathways to prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00790959 . Registered 13th November 2008. The study protocol is available at: http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/13/1/96
Primary school students’ mental health in Uganda and its association with school violence, connectedness, and school characteristics
Clinicaltrials.gov NCT01678846 . Registered 24 August 2012
Mandated reporters’ experiences with reporting child maltreatment
OBJECTIVE: To systematically search for research about the effectiveness of mandatory reporting of child maltreatment and to synthesise qualitative research that explores mandated reporters' (MRs) experiences with reporting. DESIGN: As no studies assessing the effectiveness of mandatory reporting were retrieved from our systematic search, we conducted a meta-synthesis of retrieved qualitative research. Searches in Medline (Ovid), Embase, PsycINFO…
Medicine (58 obras) · Poison control (39 obras) · Environmental health (36 obras) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (34 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (33 obras) · Suicide prevention (33 obras) · Psychology (31 obras) · Sociology (27 obras) · Psychiatry (26 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (24 obras)