Bridging the gaps: a global review of intersections of violence against women and violence against children

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Guedes, Alessandra ^a   Bott, Sarah ^a   Garcia Moreno, Claudia ^b   Colombini, Manuela ^c  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

adolescents; child abuse; child maltreatment; intimate partner violence; sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NARRATIVE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL NORM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84994903641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.31516     Document Type: Review

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