VACS journal articles
Cementing key partnerships to foster the use of evidence in humanitarian settings
This case study showcases the Baobab Research Programme Consortium (RPC) approach to developing new partnerships to produce policy and program-relevant evidence to address critical SHRH concerns among vulnerable refugee populations in the East and Horn of Africa.
Preparing the ground to influence humanitarian sector policies, guidelines, and strategies in Uganda
This case study describes how the Baobab Research Programme Consortium's efforts have created a platform for influencing humanitarian sector policies, guidelines, and strategies with evidence and evidence-based approaches.
Influencing programme plans, practices, actions, and investments in humanitarian settings
This case study describes the Baobab Research Programme Consortium's pathway to influencing programme plans, practices, actions, and investments in refugee contexts in Uganda.
Exploring the value and replicability of integrating refugees and host community members into research activities in refugee settings
This report explores the experience of data collection training workshops with refugees and host community members ahead of the Ethiopian Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Young People Survey (HVACS).
Associations between childhood violence and mental health in refugee settings in Uganda
This paper assesses the association between experiences of childhood violence (sexual, physical, and emotional violence) and mental health (severe mental distress, self-harm, suicidal ideation and/or attempted suicide) in refugee settings in Uganda.
Disability, childhood experiences of violence and associated health outcomes in refugee settlements in Uganda
In Uganda's refugee settings, the prevalence of childhood violence is higher among children and youth with disabilities compared to those without disabilities. These findings underscore the need for targeted child protection and response interventions to address the vulnerabilities of children and youth, and particularly for those with disabilities and female children.
The association between youth violence and mental health outcomes in Colombia: A cross sectional analysis
This study explored sex-stratified relationships between violence and mental health/substance use among Colombian youth.
Adverse childhood experiences, mental distress, self-harm and suicidality, and cumulative HIV risk by sex in Lesotho
This study uses data from the 2018 Lesotho VACS to explore associations between mental distress, self-harm or suicidality, and HIV risk and individual and cumulative ACEs among youth aged 13–24 in Lesotho.
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.