Violence against children includes all forms of violence against people under 18 years old
whether perpetrated by parents or other caregivers, peers, partners, teacher or strangers …

Times of economic uncertainty, civil unrest, and disaster are linked to a myriad of risk factors
for increased violence against women and children (VAW/C). Pandemics are no exception …

Child maltreatment and harsh parenting both include harmful actions by parents toward
children that are physical (eg, spanking, slapping) or emotional (eg, threatening, yelling) …

Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, children have often been
referred to as silent spreaders, low-risk or invisible carriers of the disease. These …

We quantify the increase in physical domestic violence (family or intimate partner violence)
experienced by young people aged 18–26 during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns in Peru …

Abstract Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can have lifelong adverse
impacts on health and behavior. While this relationship has been extensively documented in …

Childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and childhood emotional neglect (CEN) are the least well-
studied forms of childhood maltreatment due to challenges in their definition and in …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic could increase violence against children at home.
However, collecting empirical data on violence is challenging due to ethical, safety, and data …

There has been relatively little research into the prevalence of childhood sexual violence
(CSV) as well as the risk and protective factors for CSV in low-and middle-income countries …

Objective. To describe the prevalence of recent physical, sexual, and emotional violence
against children 0–19 years of age in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by age, sex …