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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"violence against children"”.
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The Current State of Crisis Management Within Icelandic Schools: Responding to Violence Against Children
… explores crisis management in schools regarding violence against children. It aims to understand the current state of this significant subject and the importance of the school environment in that regard. Schools and school staff must be well prepared to respond adequately if they suspect a child …
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An exploration of the efficacy of the Namibian child protection system in responding to violence against children
The UN Secretary General‘s Study on Violence against Children approached child protection systems from the perspectives of human rights, public health and child protection. A global agenda to protect children emphasised the urgency of country level action with targets for governments. The UNCRC and …
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Sexual violence against children in South Africa: the protection of child victims in the criminal justice system
The prevalence of sexual violence against children in South Africa continues to rise. Child victims experience further violation within the criminal justice system despite the comprehensive laws in place. The purpose of this study is to evaluate protective measures available in the legal system to …
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Participants' and implementors' views on the adaptation of the Parenting for Lifelong Health Teen Programme to address both violence against children and violence against women
… of fathers for the Zimbabwean context. Violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) intersect in various and damaging ways. Parenting programmes have been identified as a potentially successful way to deal with both simultaneously, given the effect of violence in the …
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Coloniality, Violence, and Intergenerational Trauma among Displaced Syrians
… outcome of situations of mass trauma involving violence, such as the Syrian displacement crisis. One pathway for the transmission of intergenerational trauma is through violence against children. A decolonial lens has been used to understand intergenerational transmission of trauma in Indigenous …
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Child sexual abuse in Malawi a retrospective audit of documented cases at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, in 2009
… abuse in different forms, ranging from domestic violence against children to sexual abuse, is a worldwide phenomenon with a dramatic influence on the future of the abused child. In African countries, the number of reported cases is rising which may be a result of increased awareness amongst …
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Statistical models for survey data from multiple countries on a parenting intervention programme
Violence against children remains a significant world-wide issue, though disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) more compared to high-income countries (HICs), where the prevalence thereof is generally underestimated due to under-reporting and narrow definitions of …
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Non-violent discipline options for caregivers and teachers: a systematic overview of the evidence and exploration of the role of attunement
Violence against children is a widespread problem with devastating consequences, and corporal punishment is a risk factor for more serious forms of physical abuse. One reason for the persistence of corporal punishment may be lack of awareness of positive disciplinary alternatives. At the other …
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Diversifying digital media research
… a nationally representative dataset of 11912 children and examine the prevalence and disclosure of online child sex abuse and exploitation in some of the worst affected countries with violence against children across regions of Africa and South-East Asia. Data from this thesis identifies …
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Proposta de psicoterapia breve a partir de um estudo sobre crianças e adolescentes vítimas de violência
Violence against children and teenagers is considered a public health problem, affecting families and communities. There are several implications that may occur in the context of the social, cognitive and psychological development of these subjects, in the short and long term. With the intention of …
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Reconhecimento da violência contra crianças e adolescentes por enfermeiros de um hospital especializado
Violence against children and adolescents is a global public health problem with severe consequences for the physical and psychological development of victims. Health professionals, especially nurses, play a crucial role in the early identification and intervention in cases of violence, which is …
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Vaikų smurtinių traumų mechanizmas ir amžiaus ypatumai /
… dealing with physical traumas incurred by children as a result of violence. The aim and objectives of the dissertation is to identify the mechanism and characteristics of violence-related traumas in children by age and the place of violence as well as to provide criteria for identifying …
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A proposed typology for paedophilia: a grounded theory analysis of online discourse
… their urges by viewing indecent images of children. These subtypes contrast to those who occupied the second site, who sought to enact both paedophilic and sadistic fantasies. The attitudes and actions of the sites' participants led to the construction of a proposed typology of potential …
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Exploring the lived experiences of abused or neglected children removed from their homes in Omusati region, Namibia and placed in a residential child-care in Oshana
… For many families, issues such as those of violence against children are kept within the family. However, when children are abused or neglected, social workers from the MGECW in some cases remove them and place them in alternative care with an aim of protecting them and focusing on ‘the best …
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Policing Children in Street Situations in São Paulo, Brazil: Relations of Violence and Exclusion in the City
… nature of the relationship between police and children in street situations, investigating the ways these connections are shaped by everyday practices within participant’s life contexts. The fieldwork took place in the city centre of São Paulo city, Brazil, where the concentration of children …
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Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda: An Analysis of the Challenges and Opportunities for Reintegration and Rehabilitation.
The level of brutality and violence against children abducted and forcefully conscripted by the Lord¿s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda pricked the conscience of humanity. The suffering of the people in northern Uganda was described by Jan Egeland, the former United Nations Under- Secretary …
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Experiences and social determinants of sexual violence and post-violence help-seeking behaviour among children and young people in Kenya
… examined the social determinants of sexual violence experience and help- seeking among Kenyan young men and women. Sexual violence is a public health concern because its levels are unacceptably high in Kenya, and it is a known risk factor for HIV infection.This is an urgent issue because …
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Silencing violence in the family: Making the victim the problem
The title of my research, Silencing Violence in the Family: Making the Victim the Problem, consists of two parts: an autobiography which explores the nature and dynamics of violence against children within an Australian home and the ways in which it is silenced within the family, schools and …
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Maltreatment experiences and mental health problems in orphaned and vulnerable children in alternative care settings in Tanzania
The global state of violence against children indicates that more than 300 million children are victims of violence, including violent discipline and peer violence (Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, 2021; Heekes et al., 2020; Hoeffler, 2017). These reports indicate that …
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