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Prevalence and risk of violence against children with disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
Lisa Jones,Mark A Bellis,Sara Wood,Karen Hughes,Ellie McCoy,Lindsay Eckley,Geoff Bates,Christopher Mikton,Tom Shakespeare,Alana Officer +9 more
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The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis confirm that children with disabilities are more likely to be victims of violence than are their peers who are not disabled.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2012-09-08. It has received 897 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Domestic violence & Sexual violence.read more
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The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Karen Hughes,Mark A Bellis,Katherine A. Hardcastle,Dinesh Sethi,Alexander Butchart,Christopher Mikton,Lisa Jones,Michael P. Dunne +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to identify the harmful effects that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; occurring during childhood or adolescence; eg, child maltreatment or exposure to domestic violence) have on health throughout life.
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Elder abuse prevalence in community settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
TL;DR: Although robust prevalence studies are sparse in low-income and middle-income countries, elder abuse seems to affect one in six older adults worldwide, which is roughly 141 million people, especially compared with other types of violence.
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Experiences of Domestic Violence and Mental Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: There is a high prevalence and increased likelihood of being a victim of domestic violence in men and women across all diagnostic categories, compared to people without disorders.
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Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorders: a multilevel intervention framework and priorities for clinical practice, policy and research agendas
Nancy H. Liu,Nancy H. Liu,Gail L. Daumit,Tarun Dua,Ralph Aquila,Fiona J Charlson,Pim Cuijpers,Benjamin G. Druss,Kenn Dudek,Melvyn Freeman,Chiyo Fujii,Wolfgang Gaebel,Ulrich Hegerl,Itzhak Levav,Thomas Munk Laursen,Hong Ma,Mario Maj,María Elena Medina-Mora,Merete Nordentoft,Dorairaj Prabhakaran,Karen Pratt,Martin Prince,Thara Rangaswamy,David Shiers,Ezra Susser,Graham Thornicroft,Kristian Wahlbeck,Abe Fekadu Wassie,Harvey Whiteford,Shekhar Saxena +29 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive framework that may be useful for designing, implementing and evaluating interventions and programmes to reduce excess mortality in persons with SMD is described, incorporating lessons learned from the multilevel model of risk and the comprehensive intervention framework.
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The global burden of disabling hearing impairment: a call to action
TL;DR: The traditional concept and grades of disabling hearing impairment are examined - within the context of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - as well as the modifications to grading that have recently been proposed by a panel of international experts.
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