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Prevention of violence against women and girls: what does the evidence say?
Mary Ellsberg,Diana Arango,Matthew Morton,Floriza Gennari,Sveinung Kiplesund,Manuel Contreras,Charlotte Watts +6 more
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In this article, the authors reviewed evidence for interventions to reduce the prevalence and incidence of violence against women and girls, and found that women-centred, advocacy, and home-visitation programs can reduce a woman's risk of further victimisation, with less conclusive evidence for the preventive effect of programmes for perpetrators.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2015-04-18. It has received 578 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Domestic violence & Psychological intervention.read more
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Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing
George C Patton,George C Patton,Susan M Sawyer,Susan M Sawyer,Susan M Sawyer,John S. Santelli,David Ross,David Ross,Rima Afifi,Nicholas B. Allen,Nicholas B. Allen,Monika Arora,Peter Azzopardi,Peter Azzopardi,Wendy Baldwin,Chris Bonell,Ritsuko Kakuma,Elissa Kennedy,Jaqueline Mahon,Terry McGovern,Ali H. Mokdad,Vikram Patel,Vikram Patel,Suzanne Petroni,Nicola J. Reavley,Kikelomo Taiwo,Jane Waldfogel,Dakshitha Wickremarathne,Carmen Barroso,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Adesegun O. Fatusi,Amitabh Mattoo,Amitabh Mattoo,Judith Diers,Jing Fang,Jane Ferguson,Fred M. Ssewamala,Russell M Viner +38 more
TL;DR: This Commission outlines the opportunities and challenges for investment in adolescent health and wellbeing at both country and global levels (panel 1).
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From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift in prevention of violence against women and girls.
TL;DR: Evidence of intervention effectiveness in the reduction of violence or its risk factors, features commonly seen in more effective interventions, and how strong evidence-based interventions can be developed with more robust use of theory are reviewed.
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Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission
Ann M Starrs,Alex Ezeh,Gary Barker,Alaka Malwade Basu,Jane T. Bertrand,Robert W. Blum,Awa M. Coll-Seck,Anand Grover,Laura Laski,Monica Roa,Zeba A. Sathar,Lale Say,Gamal I. Serour,Susheela Singh,Karin Stenberg,Marleen Temmerman,Ann E. Biddlecom,Anna Popinchalk,Cynthia Summers,Lori S. Ashford +19 more
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Addressing violence against women: a call to action
Claudia García-Moreno,Cathy Zimmerman,Alison Morris-Gehring,Lori Heise,Avni Amin,Naeemah Abrahams,Oswaldo Montoya,Padma Bhate-Deosthali,Nduku Kilonzo,Charlotte Watts +9 more
TL;DR: The elimination of violence against women and girls is central to equitable and sustainable social and economic development and must be prioritised in the agenda for development after 2015.
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Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children
Amber Peterman,Alina Potts,Megan O'Donnell,Kelly J Thompson,Niyati Shah,Sabine Oertelt-Prigione,Nicole van Gelder +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify nine main pathways linking pandemics and violence against women and children through effects of economic insecurity and poverty-related stress, quarantines and social isolation, disaster and conflict-related unrest and instability, exposure to exploitative relationships due to changing demographics, reduced health service availability and access to first responders, inability of women to temporarily escape abusive partners, virus-specific sources of violence, and exposure to violence and coercion in response efforts, and violence perpetrated against health care workers.
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Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study
TL;DR: Findings from ten countries from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women suggest intimate partner violence is associated with serious public-health consequences that should be addressed in national and global health policies and programmes.
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Does batterers' treatment work? A meta-analytic review of domestic violence treatment.
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The Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
Karen Devries,Joelle Mak,Claudia García-Moreno,Max Petzold,Jennifer C. Child,Gail Falder,Stephen S Lim,Loraine J. Bacchus,Rebecca E. Engell,Lisa C. Rosenfeld,Christina Pallitto,Theo Vos,Naeemah Abrahams,Charlotte Watts +13 more
TL;DR: Data from 81 countries was used to estimate global prevalence of intimate partner violence against women and produced reliable comparative data to guide policy and monitor progress.
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What Factors Are Associated With Recent Intimate Partner Violence? Findings From the WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence
Tanya Abramsky,Charlotte Watts,Claudia García-Moreno,Karen Devries,Ligia Kiss,Mary Ellsberg,Henrica A. F. M. Jansen,Lori Heise +7 more
TL;DR: Despite wide variations in the prevalence of IPV, many factors affected IPV risk similarly across sites, and the strength of the association was greatest when both the woman and her partner had the risk factor.
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Intimate Partner Violence and Incident Depressive Symptoms and Suicide Attempts: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies
Karen Devries,Joelle Mak,Loraine J. Bacchus,Jennifer C. Child,Gail Falder,Max Petzold,Jill Astbury,Charlotte Watts +7 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of longitudinal studies to evaluate the direction of association between symptoms of depression and intimate partner violence finds no clear direction in either direction.