Household illness, poverty and physical and emotional child abuse victimisation: findings from South Africa's first prospective cohort study.

Physical and emotional abuse of children is a large scale problem in South Africa, with severe negative outcomes for survivors. Although chronic household illness has shown to be a predictor for physical and emotional abuse, no research has thus far investigated the different pathways from household...

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Main Authors: Meinck, F, Cluver, L, Boyes, M
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015