Journal article
Risk and protective factors for physical and sexual abuse of children and adolescents in Africa
- Alternative title:
- A review and implications for practice
- Abstract:
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There is now conclusive evidence of the major and long-lasting negative effects of physical and sexual abuse on children. Within Africa, studies consistently report high rates of child abuse, with prevalence as high as 64%. However, to date, there has been no review of factors associated with physical and sexual child abuse and polyvictimization in Africa. This review identified 23 quantitative studies, all of which showed high levels of child abuse in varying samples of children and adult...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Trauma, Violence & Abuse Journal website
- Pages:
- 1-27
- Publication date:
- 2014-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1552-8324
- ISSN:
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1524-8380
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:9445
- Deposit date:
- 2014-12-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Meinck et al
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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- The full text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. © 2014 Meinck et al.
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