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Risk and protective factors for physical and sexual abuse of children and adolescents in Africa – A review and implications for practice
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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 22 quantitative studies, all of which showed high levels of child abuse in varying samples of children and adults. A...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1177/1524838014523336
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Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division
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+ Economic and Social Research Council
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Funding agency for:
Cluver, L
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OSSID 454387
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Trauma, Violence & Abuse
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 81-107
- Publication date:
- 2014-03-18
- Acceptance date:
- 2013-10-16
- DOI:
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1552-8324
- ISSN:
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1524-8380
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- Language:
- English
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uuid:45588971-7317-4af5-8f75-7fab56db18ff
- Deposit date:
- 2015-04-27
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- Copyright date:
- 2014
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