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Global Prevalence of Past-year Violence Against Children: A Systematic review and minimum estimates

The aims of this literature review were to 1) to systematically review the quality of population-based evidence on prevalence of violence against children during the past year, and 2) then to use a triangulation approach that synthesizes data from high quality surveys to estimate global minimum prevalence and numbers of children exposed to violence during the past year.

Author(s): 
Susan Hillis, James Mercy, Adaugo Amobi, Howard Kress
Year of Publication: 
2016
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Resource Type: 
Journal article - open access
Language: 
English
Section: 
Resource Database