All: Namibia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2021 (data collection 2019)
Adverse childhood experiences, HIV and sexual risk behaviors in five sub-Saharan countries
This study uses VACS data from five sub-Saharan countries to identify associations between exposures to ACEs and sexual risk behaviors and HIV service utilization among young people.
Patterns of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with mental distress, substance use and sexual risk behaviors in Sub-Saharan Africa
Using VACS data, this study assesses how multiple ACEs co-occur and how dominant patterns of co-occurrence are associated with mental distress, substance use, and sexual risk behaviors among young women and men in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Parenting-related positive childhood experiences, adverse childhood experiences, and mental health in four sub-Saharan African countries
Using VACS data, this study assesses the associations between ACEs and negative health outcomes and risk-taking behaviors among young adults and evaluates whether — and which — Positive Childhood Experiences moderate the association between ACEs and these outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.
Approaches for measuring cumulative childhood adversity: A study of youth from 5 sub-Saharan African countries
Using VACS data from Lesotho, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Namibia, and Mozambique, this study assesses approaches to quantifying cumulative childhood adversity (CCA) resulting from four types of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
Service-seeking behaviors among male victims of violence in five African countries: The effects of positive and adverse childhood experiences
Using VACS data, this study analyzes the association between positive and adverse childhood experiences (PCEs and ACEs), and seeking post-violence services among males in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Adverse childhood experiences and associations with mental health, substance use, and violence perpetration among young adults in sub-Saharan Africa
Using VACS data this study estimates the prevalence of six ACE exposures and assesses their association with mental health outcomes, substance use, and violence perpetration among young adults in sub-Saharan Africa.
Parental absence as an adverse childhood experience among young adults in sub-Saharan Africa
Using VACS data, this study assesses whether parental absence in childhood is associated with poor mental health and substance use in young adulthood among youth in sub-Saharan Africa.
Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in sub-Saharan Africa: A multicountry analysis of the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS)
This study utilises VACS data to estimate the prevalence of ACEs in five low- and middle-income sub-Saharan African countries.
Disclosure and help-seeking behaviors related to sexual and physical violence in childhood and adolescence: Results from the Namibia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey
The objective of this study was to understand factors associated with disclosure and help-seeking to inform care.
Cycles of violence among young women in Namibia: Exploring the links between childhood violence and adult intimate partner violence from the Violence Against Children and Youth Survey
This study aimed to understand cycles of violence among adolescent girls and young women in Namibia to inform violence prevention and treatment interventions.
Namibia: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet
Data on school-related gender-based violence in Namibia.
HIV prevention program eligibility among adolescent girls and young women, Namibia, 2019
This report explores results from the Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) in Namibia.