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Bmc public health
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Parental care status and sexual risk behavior in five nationally-representative surveys of sub-Saharan African nations

This study was a secondary analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Zambia.

  • 10th January 2022
Violence, SRH, health behaviors, risk and protective factors, by level of education
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Violence, SRH, health behaviors, risk, and protective factors, by level of education

Explore the results from a secondary analysis of VACS data by Together for Girls, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Global Affairs Canada.

  • 20th October 2021
Social science and medicine
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From fathers to peers: Association between paternal violence victimization and peer violence perpetration among youth in Malawi, Nigeria, and Zambia

This study specifically investigates the role of fathers and whether paternal violence victimization is associated with peer violence perpetration, above and beyond maternal violence victimization.

  • 17th April 2021
Sage journals
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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.

  • 3rd July 2020
Zambia school-related gender-based violence fact sheet
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Zambia: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Zambia.

  • 7th April 2020
Child abuse neglect journal
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Coerced and forced sexual initiation and its association with negative health outcomes among youth: Results from the Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys

This study examined the prevalence of forced sexual initiation and its consequences associated with forced sexual initiation among youth aged 13–24 years in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • 6th July 2019
Lancet journal
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Gender norms and health: Insights from global survey data

This article explores how the use of innovative approaches to analyzing proxies for gender norms, generated evidence that gender norms impact the health of women and men across life stages, health sectors, and world regions.

  • 30th May 2019
CDC Morbidity and mortality weekly report report journal
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Prevalence of violence victimization and perpetration among persons aged 13–24 years: Four sub-Saharan African countries, 2013–2015

From 2013 to 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborated with Together for Girls and the governments of Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia to plan and implement Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys.

  • 19th April 2019
Zambia country fact sheet
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Zambia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) fact sheet 2018 (data collection 2014)

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

  • 23rd May 2018
Zambia VACS Report 2014
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Zambia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) Report 2018 (data collection 2014)

Explore the data in Zambia's Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report.

  • 26th August 2014