Lifetime and past-year prevalence of children’s exposure to violence in 9 Balkan countries: the BECAN study

Lifetime and past-year prevalence of children’s exposure to violence in 9 Balkan countries: the BECAN study

Abstract Background Children’s exposure to violence is a major public health issue. The Balkan epidemiological study on Child Abuse and Neglect project aimed to collect internationally comparable data on violence exposures in childhood. Methods A three stage stratified random sample of 42,194 school...

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Main Authors: George Nikolaidis, Kiki Petroulaki, Foteini Zarokosta, Antonia Tsirigoti, Altin Hazizaj, Enila Cenko, Jelena Brkic-Smigoc, Emir Vajzovic, Vaska Stancheva, Stefka Chincheva, Marina Ajdukovic, Miro Rajter, Marija Raleva, Liljana Trpcevska, Maria Roth, Imola Antal, Veronika Ispanovic, Natasha Hanak, Zeynep Olmezoglu-Sofuoglu, Ismail Umit-Bal, Donata Bianchi, Franziska Meinck, Kevin Browne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Subjects:
Violence against children
Child abuse and neglect
Child maltreatment
Violence
Epidemiology
Balkans
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13034-017-0208-x

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