VACS journal articles
Violent experiences in childhood are associated with men’s perpetration of intimate partner violence as a young adult: A multistage cluster survey in Malawi
This study examines the association between exposures to violence in childhood, including exposure to multiple forms of violence, with young men's perpetration of intimate partner violence.
Childhood sexual violence against boys: A Study in three countries
This study sought to produce the first internationally comparable estimates of the magnitude, characteristics, risk factors, and consequences of sexual violence against boys in three countries.
Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS): towards a global surveillance system
This research briefing describes the contribution VACS have made to the global understanding of violence against children.
Sentinel events predicting later unwanted sex among girls: A national survey in Haiti 2012
This article explores findings from Haiti’s first nationally representative survey focused on childhood violence to help inform the development of a national action plan for violence against children.
Preventing sexual violence and HIV in children
This study explores the evidence linking violence against women and HIV, including on the cycle of violence and the links between violence against children and women.
Applying structural equation modeling to measure violence exposure and its impact on mental health: Malawi Violence Against Children and Young Women Survey, 2013
This study examines exposure to multiple forms of violence among Malawian children and youth and their association with mental health outcomes.
A national survey of childhood physical abuse among females in Swaziland
Explore this study on the scope and characteristics of childhood physical abuse in Swaziland.
The long-term health consequences of child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The aim of this study in 2012 was to summarize the evidence relating to the possible relationship between child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect, and subsequent mental and physical health outcomes.
Risk factors associated with sexual violence towards girls in Swaziland
This article explores risk factors for sexual violence in childhood in a nationally representative sample of females aged 13 to 24 years in Swaziland.
Sexual violence and its health consequences for female children in Swaziland: A cluster survey study
This study looks at the prevalence and circumstances of sexual violence in girls in Swaziland, and assesses the negative health consequences.