All: Haiti Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2014 (data collection 2012)

Child abuse neglect journal
VACS journal articles

Prevalence of physical violence against children in Haiti: A national population-based cross-sectional survey

This study utilized a three-stage clustered sampling design to administer a population-based household survey about victimization due to physical violence to 13–24 year old Haitians.

Bmc public health
VACS journal articles

Disclosure, reporting, and help seeking among child survivors of violence: A cross country analysis

This study explores the rarely studied prevalence and dynamics around disclosure, reporting, and help seeking behaviours of children who ever experienced physical and/or sexual violence.

Child abuse neglect journal
VACS journal articles

Did internal displacement from the 2010 earthquake in Haiti lead to long-term violence against children? A matched pairs study design

This article examines the effect of internal displacement from the 2010 Haitian earthquake on long-term physical, emotional, and sexual violence against children.

Sage journals
VACS journal articles

Sexual violence prevalence and related pregnancy among girls and young women: A multicountry analysis

This study aims to quantify the prevalence of forced sex, pressured sex, and related pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women in five low- and middle-income countries.

Journal of affective disorders
VACS journal articles

Violence victimization and negative health correlates of youth in post earthquake Haiti: Findings from the cross-sectional violence against children survey

Explore this study examining the prevalence of, and relationships between, violence victimization and negative health correlates of Haitian youth exposed to the 2010 earthquake.

Journal child adolescent mental health
VACS journal articles

Associations between mental distress, poly-victimization, and gender attitudes among adolescent girls in Cambodia and Haiti: An analysis of Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys

This study aims to explore the effects of poly-victimisation and gender attitudes on mental distress and suicidal ideation among adolescent girls in Cambodia and Haiti.

Plos one journal
VACS journal articles

Sex and age effects in past-year experiences of violence amongst adolescents in five countries

The purpose of this study was to investigate experiences of violence by age and sex across in Cambodia, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania.

Child abuse neglect journal
VACS journal articles

A sex-disaggregated analysis of how emotional violence relates to suicide ideation in low- and middle-income countries

This study examines how exposure to emotional violence is associated with suicide ideation in childhood and adolescence in low- and middle-income countries.

American academy of pediatrics journal
VACS journal articles

Childhood sexual violence against boys: A Study in three countries

This study sought to produce the first internationally comparable estimates of the magnitude, characteristics, risk factors, and consequences of sexual violence against boys in three countries.

Child abuse neglect journal
VACS journal articles

Sentinel events predicting later unwanted sex among girls: A national survey in Haiti 2012

This article explores findings from Haiti’s first nationally representative survey focused on childhood violence to help inform the development of a national action plan for violence against children.

Haiti country fact sheet
Fact sheets

Haiti Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) fact sheet 2014 (data collection 2012)

An overview of the data found in Haiti's Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report.

From Research to Action: Advancing Prevention and Response to Violence against Children: Report on the Global Violence against Children Meeting
Technical reports

From research to action: Advancing prevention and response to violence against children

This report summarizes the content and recommendations that emerged from the Global Meeting on Violence against Children in Ezulwini, Swaziland, 2014.

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