Section 4: Using VACS data for programs, policy & research
4.2 Violence against children, self-harm, and suicidal behaviours
Welcome to Section 4.2 Violence against children, self-harm, and suicidal behaviours!
Abigail Puno, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Korea University and University of the Philippines Visayas
Abigail describes her analysis using eight VACS datasets to examine the effect of experiencing violence in childhood on self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts.
Read the paper
Puno, A., Kim, J., Bhatia, A., Jeong, J., & Kim, R. (2024). Violence Against Children, Self-Harm, and Suicidal Behaviors: A Pooled and Country-Specific Analysis of Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 75(1), 60–68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.02.034
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!
