Programs to prevent violence against children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

KM Edwards, M Kumar, EA Waterman… - … Violence, & Abuse, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Violence against children—which includes maltreatment (including physical, sexual,
psychological and emotional violence, and neglect), bullying (including cyberbullying) …

Interventions that address institutional child maltreatment: An evidence and gap map

M Finch, R Featherston, S Chakraborty… - Campbell systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Child maltreatment has serious short and long‐term negative impacts for those
experiencing it. Child maltreatment occurring in institutional settings has recently received …

Pushing the limits of child participation in research: Reflections from a youth-driven participatory action research (YPAR) initiative in Uganda

AE Ritterbusch, N Boothby… - International …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Violence against children (VAC) in Uganda is recognized as an urgent
dilemma; however, most research has been quantitatively oriented and has seldom involved …

Preventing sexual violence in Vietnam: qualitative findings from high school, university, and civil society key informants across regions

KM Yount, KM Anderson, QT Trang, I Bergenfeld - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Background Sexual violence by young men against women is common, but efficacious
primary prevention interventions tailored to men are limited in low-and middle-income …

Primary‐level and community worker interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of well‐being in low‐and middle‐income countries

M Purgato, E Prina, C Ceccarelli… - Cochrane Database …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background There is a significant research gap in the field of universal, selective, and
indicated prevention interventions for mental health promotion and the prevention of mental …

Whole-school interventions promoting student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence: synthesis of theories of change

R Ponsford, J Falconer… - Health education …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Whole-school interventions and programmes aim to change school
environments to promote health. Previous reviews suggest these are often inappropriately …

What factors influence implementation of whole-school interventions aiming to promote student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence …

R Ponsford, J Falconer, GJ Melendez-Torres… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Whole-school interventions go beyond classroom health education to modify
the school environment to promote health. A sub-set aim to promote student commitment to …

Context of Violence in Adolescence Cohort (CoVAC) study: protocol for a mixed methods longitudinal study in Uganda

K Devries, J Parkes, L Knight, E Allen, S Namy… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Violence exposure in adolescence is associated with a range of poor health
and social outcomes, including both the perpetration and experience of violence in later …

Education for peace in a peace-friendly context: testing a virtual learning tool to improve teachers' competencies for conflict transformation in Colombia

L Ramírez, AV Vera-Márquez… - Journal of Peace …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Colombian society has been exposed to decades of sociopolitical violence with apparent
effects on its social infrastructure that may inadvertently lead to more structural, cultural, and …

Associations between violence in childhood, depression and suicide attempts in adolescence: evidence from a cohort study in Luwero district, Uganda

R Akunzirwe, DJ Carter, L Hanna, A Zinke-Allmang… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Many studies have documented an association between violence victimisation
and poor mental health. However, few studies use longitudinal data from low-and middle …