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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A SEMI-URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD [PDF]

, 2011
There are no published studies on impact of neighbourhood on domestic violence in Sango-Ota. This is the first study to examine formal and informal control method and the influence of family structure and socio-economic status on the occurrence of ...
Abimbola, Oluremi H., Adekeye, Olujide A, Adeusi, Sussan O   +2 more
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A comparison of intimate partner and other sexual assault survivors’ use of different types of specialized hospital-based violence services

BMC Women's Health, 2017
Background Little is known about the health service utilization of women sexually assaulted by their intimate partners, as compared with those sexually assaulted by other perpetrators.
Janice Du Mont, Maryam Woldeyohannes, Sheila Macdonald, Daisy Kosa, Linda Turner   +4 more
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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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Extreme risk protection orders in King County, Washington: the epidemiology of dangerous behaviors and an intervention response

Injury Epidemiology, 2020
Background Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws are a promising gun violence prevention strategy. ERPO laws allow specific categories of people (law enforcement in all states, family in most) to petition a court to request that an individual be ...
Shannon Frattaroli, Elise Omaki, Amy Molocznik, Adelyn Allchin, Renee Hopkins, Sandra Shanahan, Anne Levinson   +6 more
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Righting Domestic Violence

International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 2006
For too long human rights have been used to support a legal approach to domestic violence which is non-interventionist. This article discusses the ways in which human rights can be used to compel an approach to cases of domestic violence which requires state action to protect those harmed by domestic abuse. It argues that the state has an obligation to
Choudhry, S, Herring, J
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Ecological pathways to prevention: How does the SASA! community mobilisation model work to prevent physical intimate partner violence against women?

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health concern. While community-level gender norms and attitudes to IPV are recognised drivers of IPV risk, there is little evidence on how interventions might tackle these ...
Tanya Abramsky, Karen M. Devries, Lori Michau, Janet Nakuti, Tina Musuya, Ligia Kiss, Nambusi Kyegombe, Charlotte Watts   +7 more
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Preventing domestic violence [PDF]

BMJ, 2002
Papers pp 271, 274 Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, or psychological. Physical and sexual violence by an intimate partner are common problems, affecting 20-50% of women at some stage in life in most populations surveyed globally.1 Between 3% and 50% of women have experienced it in the past year.1 Domestic violence has a profound impact on ...
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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LGBT Inclusion in South Asian American Domestic Violence Services [PDF]

, 2018
South Asian American domestic violence services are a microcosm of the mainstream landscape of domestic violence services in America. They emerged in major cities during the latter half of the twentieth century. There are approximately thirty South Asian-
Rao, Nikita
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What “Family Affair?” Domestic Violence Awareness in China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionDomestic violence is toxic to society. With approximately one in three women on average falling victim to domestic violence, systematic solutions are needed.
Zhaohui Su, Dean McDonnell, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Junaid Ahmad, Hengcai Chen, Sabina Šegalo, Yuyang Cai, Yuyang Cai   +8 more
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