Lana Clara Chikhungu

Biographic Data

ID6299195
NAMELana Clara Chikhungu
GIVEN NAMESLana Clara
FAMILY NAMEChikhungu
SIGNATURECHIKHUNGU L C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Portsmouth
ORCID0000-0001-9748-714X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Violence Against Women and Girls in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessAnnah Vimbai Bengesai, Lana Clara ChikhunguARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2025

    Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a complex social problem affecting many women globally. In Zimbabwe, intimate partner violence (IPV) and child marriages remain persistent public health problems with detrimental effects on the health and well-being of women and girls. Statistics show that Zimbabwe has one of the highest rates of IPV and child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa. Given this background, this paper systematically reviewed publi…

  • Sexual abuse and unwanted pregnancies amongst women and girls in Malawi during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessLana Clara Chikhungu, Ugochi NkwunonwoARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Periods of adversity worsen child sexual abuse and lead to a lot of unwanted/unplanned pregnancies and unwanted children. To deal with teenage pregnancies, girls dropping out of school, and poor childbirth outcomes, in addition to programmes that address child marriage and early sexual initiation practices, more interventions should also be directed towards tackling child sexual abuse within the home

  • ODA and HDI nexus in sub-Saharan Africa pre- and post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC)

    Open AccessSixtus Cyprian Onyekwere, Lana Clara ChikhunguARTICLEJournal of Contemporary African…2025References: 22

  • Child sexual abuse and its determinants among children in Addis Ababa Ethiopia

    Open AccessBirye Dessalegn Mekonnen, Sintayehu Simie Tsega et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Child sexual abuse is a significant public health concern and a breach of basic human rights affecting millions of children each year globally. It is typically not reported by victims, hence it remains usually concealed. Except for single studies with varying reports, there is no national studies conducted on child sexual abuse in Ethiopia. Therefore, this review determined the pooled magnitude and determinants of sexual abuse among children in E…

  • Knowledge and attitude towards Ghana’s abortion law

    Open AccessShamsiyatu Abubakari, Vincent Uwumboriyhie Gmayinaam et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Ghana amended its abortion law to permit abortion under certain circumstances due to the impacts of unsafe abortion. Even though the abortion law in Ghana is liberal, most women do not utilize the services. Studies have shown that lack of knowledge and attitude towards abortion laws are the barriers deterring women from using safe abortion services. This study, therefore, assessed the knowledge and attitudes of future female health professionals …

  • Spatial distribution and predictors of lifetime experience of intimate partner violence among women in South Africa

    Open AccessObasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In recent times, intimate partner has gained significant attention. However, there is limited evidence on the spatial distribution and predictors of intimate partner violence. Therefore, this study examined the spatial distribution and predictors of intimate partner violence in South Africa. The dataset for this study was obtained from a cross-sectional survey of the 2016 South Africa Demographic and Health Survey. We adopted both spatial and mul…

  • Culture and domestic violence amongst ever-married women in Malawi

    Open AccessLana Clara Chikhungu, Tamsin Bradley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2021

    Nearly 42% of ever-married women in Malawi have experienced some form of physical, sexual or emotional violence perpetrated by their current or most recent spouse – higher than the global estimate of 35%. This study used national-level data for ever-married women aged 15–49 years from the 2015 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey to explore the association between cultural factors and the likelihood of women experiencing sexual, physical and emot…

  • Tackling girls dropping out of school in Malawi

    Open AccessLana Clara Chikhungu, Lana Chikhungu et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

  • Trends and protective factors of female genital mutilation in Burkina Faso

    Open AccessLana Clara Chikhungu, Nyovani Janet Madise et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2015

    Although the prevalence of FGM has declined in Burkina Faso, the levels are still high. In order to tackle the practice of FGM in Burkina Faso, the government of Burkina Faso and its development partners need to encourage girls' participation in education and target its sensitization campaigns against FGM towards Muslim women, women residing in rural areas and women of Mossi ethnic background

  • Seasonal variation of child under nutrition in Malawi

    Open AccessLana Clara Chikhungu, Nyovani Janet Madise et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    In Malawi child nutritional status varies across seasons and follows a seasonal pattern of childhood illness but not that of household food availability

  • How important are community characteristics in influencing children׳s nutritional status? Evidence from Malawi population-based household and community surveys

    Open AccessLana Clara Chikhungu, Nyovani Janet Madise et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2014Cited by: 2References: 9

    Using the 2004 data from the Malawi Integrated Household Survey and the Malawi Community Survey, this study investigates the influence of community characteristics on stunting among children under five years of age in a rural context. Multilevel logistic regression modelling on 4284 children with stunting as the dependent variable shows that availability of daily markets and lineage defined in terms of patrilineal or matrilineal communities were …