VACS journal articles
Service-seeking behaviors among male victims of violence in five African countries: The effects of positive and adverse childhood experiences
Using VACS data, this study analyzes the association between positive and adverse childhood experiences (PCEs and ACEs), and seeking post-violence services among males in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Adverse childhood experiences and associations with mental health, substance use, and violence perpetration among young adults in sub-Saharan Africa
Using VACS data this study estimates the prevalence of six ACE exposures and assesses their association with mental health outcomes, substance use, and violence perpetration among young adults in sub-Saharan Africa.
Parental absence as an adverse childhood experience among young adults in sub-Saharan Africa
Using VACS data, this study assesses whether parental absence in childhood is associated with poor mental health and substance use in young adulthood among youth in sub-Saharan Africa.
Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in sub-Saharan Africa: A multicountry analysis of the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS)
This study utilises VACS data to estimate the prevalence of ACEs in five low- and middle-income sub-Saharan African countries.
Predicting adolescent boys’ and young men’s perpetration of youth violence in Colombia
This study uses Colombia’s 2018 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey data to examine risk and protective factors associated with violence perpetration among 13–24-year-old males.
Violence exposure among adolescent boys and young men in Colombia with a lifetime history of transactional sex
This analysis examined the associations between lifetime transactional sex and experience of violence among 13- to 24-year-old males.
Special issue: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Read this special journal issue on the measurement of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in low-and middle-income countries by the CDC in collaboration with the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect.
Prevention, healing, and justice: a survivor-centred framework for ending violence against women and children
To end violence against women and children, our framework for action muct encompass prevention, healing, and justice.
Changes in prevalence of violence and risk factors for violence and HIV among children and young people in Kenya: a comparison of the 2010 and 2019 Kenya Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys
Previous research has shown a high prevalence of violence among young people in Kenya. Violence is a known risk factor for HIV acquisition and these two public health issues could be viewed as a syndemic. This study examines the changes in violence and risk factors for violence and HIV between 2010 and 2019.
Exploring children’s formal help-seeking behaviour for violence in Zimbabwe: analysis of national survey and routine service provider data
Path analysis of adverse childhood experiences, early marriage, early pregnancy, and exposure to intimate partner violence among young women in Honduras