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- Australia child abuse inquiry
- Prevalence of Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among Persons Aged 13–24 Years — Four Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2013–2015
Elizabeth A. Swedo, Steven A. Sumner, Susan D. Hillis, George Aluzimbi, Rose Apondi, Victor O. Atuchukwu, Andrew F. Auld, Peter J. Chipimo, Martha Conkling, Okpewuru E. Egbe; McKnight S.H. Kalanda, Chabila C. Mapoma, Emma Phiri, Lydia N. Wasula, Greta M. Massetti. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) April 19, 2019 / 68(15);350–355.
Analysis of data from Violence Against Children Surveys in four sub-Saharan African countries found that the prevalence of violence perpetration ranged among males from 29.5% in Nigeria to 51.5% in Malawi and among females from 15.3% in Zambia to 28.4% in Uganda. In all countries, a strong dose-response relationship was observed between the number of types of childhood violence experienced and odds of perpetrating violence.
- The child abuse scandal of the British children sent abroad
Tom Symonds, Home affairs correspondent, BBC News, 26 February 2017 For several decades, the UK sent children across the world to new lives in institutions where many were abused and used as forced labour.
- What’s Killing Our Children? Child and Infant Mortality among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Teshia G. Arambula Solomon, PhD, Felina M. Cordova, MPH, Francisco Garcia, MD, MPH, March 7, 2017. An individually-authored National Academy of Medicine Perspective (discussion paper). Perspectives have not been subjected to the review procedures of, nor are they reports of, the NAM or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.