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A Scoping Review on the Psychosocial Effects of Sexual Abuse on the Girl Child in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Child sexual abuse has become a global phenomenon. The statistics of sexual abuse of a girl child by relatives and/or other people known to the girl child are shocking. Various factors predispose a girl child to be susceptible to sexual abuse.
Tsholofelo Keikabile, Frans Koketso Matlakala, Curwyn Mapaling   +2 more
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILD SEXUAL, PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL AND RITUALISTIC ABUSE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2003
This study is an investigation into the relationship between child sexual, physical, psychological, emotional and ritualistic abuse among high school students in the Northern Province (South Africa).
S.N Madu, K Peltzer
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Exploring parental understanding of child sexual abuse and prevention as a measure for HIV prevention in Rwampara district.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundWorldwide, more than 95 million children are sexually abused each year with children in sub-Saharan Africa experiencing sexual assault at higher rates than those in more developed areas.
Aloysious Kamukama, Rachel Luwaga, Rodrick Tugume, Margaret Kanyemibwa, Betrace Birungi, Obed Ndyamuhika, Diana Ampire, Timothy Nduhukire, Deborah Lowell Shindell   +8 more
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Delusional Disorder and False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: A Case Report

Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2021
Child sexual abuse is a public health problem worldwide. When a court carries out an investigation into cases of sexual abuse, they are likely to ask for a genital examination report from a forensic pathologist indicating whether they believe sexual ...
Serbülent KILIC, Ayse Vural
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Yes! Kissing Too… The Child Would Not Be Hurt in Any Way: Social Constructions of Child Sexual Abuse in the Ga Community in Ghana

Qualitative Sociology Review, 2019
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child obligates nations to protect children from all forms of abuse including sexual. However, child sexual abuse is a complex phenomenon which is difficult to understand as a result of cultural reasons.
Ummu Markwei
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Comparing Reports of Child Sexual and Physical Abuse Using Child Welfare Agency Data in Two Jurisdictions with Different Mandatory Reporting Laws

Social Sciences, 2020
Empirical analysis has found that mandatory reporting legislation has positive effects on case identification of child sexual abuse both initially and over the long term.
Ben Mathews, Leah Bromfield, Kerryann Walsh   +2 more
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Zero Tolerance of Children’s Sexual Abuse from Interreligious Dialogue

Religions, 2021
Child sexual abuse is a social problem that concerns our societies. The sustainable development goals have highlighted the eradication of child sexual abuse as one of the highest-priority goals of this century.
Cristina M. Pulido, Ana Vidu, Roseli Rodrigues de Mello, Esther Oliver   +3 more
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Benarkah Faktor Gender Berperan dalam Pengungkapan Kekerasan Seksual Anak? Studi Meta Analisis

Jurnal Psikologi, 2015
This article provides a meta analitic review of the role of gender and disclosure of child sexual abuse. The subject in this studies is victims of child sexual abuse with restropective studies.
- Suryani
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Silencing by design: Lessons learned about child sexual abuse from a university sexual assault survey

Women's Health, 2021
Background: University students have been recognized as particularly being vulnerable to sexual victimization. Purpose: With little research to date, and acknowledgement for the need of a better understanding of sexual violence, our study analysed the ...
Marika Guggisberg, Hillary J Haldane, Vicki Lowik, Annabel Taylor, Bethany Mackay, Tania Signal   +5 more
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Father–Mother Co-Involvement in Child Maltreatment: Associations of Prior Perpetration, Parental Substance Use, Parental Medical Conditions, Inadequate Housing, and Intimate Partner Violence with Different Maltreatment Types

Children, 2023
The current study applied a family systems approach to examine dyadic parental risk factors linked with mother–father co-involved physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse.
Joyce Y. Lee, Susan Yoon, Keunhye Park, Angelise Radney, Stacey L. Shipe, Garrett T. Pace   +5 more
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