4.1 Reporting & communicating data on violence
Welcome to Section 4.1 Reporting & communicating data on violence!
Anja Zinke-Allmang, Research Manager, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford
Daisy Chelangat, Research Associate, Aga Khan University
Anja and Daisy cover seven key principles of reporting and communicating data on violence, which include:
Be transparent about your findings and analyses
Consider the context of the data and study participants
Consider the audience engaging with the data
Limit jargon in describing findings
Keep it relevant to your audience
Highlight key findings concisely
Include calls to action and recommendations
For more information on good practices for analyzing data on violence against children, you can also look at Session 2.2: Key principles in the analysis of data on violence against children.
We welcome additional principles or approaches for reporting and communicating data on violence. Submit your ideas!
Further resources and examples covered in this session
- Peterman, A., Devries, K., Guedes, A., Joht Singh Chandan, Minhas, S., Qian, R., Gennari, F., & Bhatia, A. (2023). Ethical reporting of research on violence against women and children: a review of current practice and recommendations for future guidelines. BMJ Global Health, 8(5), e011882–e011882. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-...
- Swedo, E.A. et al. (2019) Prevalence of Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among Persons Aged 13–24 Years — Four Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2013–2015. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 68: 350–355. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmw...
- Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Kenya, Department of Children’s Services. (2019) Violence against Children in Kenya: Findings from a National Survey, 2019. Nairobi, Kenya: 2019. Access here.
- Stark, L. et al. (2020) Perpetration of intimate partner violence and mental health outcomes: sex- and gender- disaggregated associations among adolescents and young adults in Nigeria. Journal of Global Health, 10(1). DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.010708
- Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. (2017) Violence against Children in Uganda: Findings from a National Survey, 2015. Access here.
- Together for Girls, et al. El Salvador: school-related gender-based violence (fact sheet).
Explore Section 4:
- 4.1 Reporting & communicating data on violence
- 4.2 Violence against children, self-harm, and suicidal behaviors
- 4.3 VACS for advocacy: Child policy in Uganda
- 4.4 Geospatial patterns of violence against adolescent girls & young women in Namibia
- 4.5 VACS informing national policy in Colombia
- 4.6 Strategic application of VACS findings in LVCT Health's programming
- 4.7 Concluding the LearnVACS course!
