Prevention of violence against women and girls: What does the evidence say?

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9977, 2015, Pages 1555-1566

  Ellsberg, Mary ^a,b   Arango, Diana J ^a   Morton, Matthew ^c   Gennari, Floriza ^b   Kiplesund, Sveinung ^c   Contreras, Manuel ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84928388205     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61703-7     Document Type: Review

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