Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS): towards a global surveillance system

Chiang, Laura F; Kress, Howard; Sumner, Steven A; Gleckel, Jessie; Kawemama, Philbert; Gordon, Rebecca N

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Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS): towards a global surveillance system

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Apr 2016
By Chiang, Laura F ; Kress, Howard ; Sumner, Steven A ; ...

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Inj Prev
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Chiang, Laura F ; Kress, Howard ; Sumner, Steven A ; Gleckel, Jessie ; Kawemama, Philbert ; Gordon, Rebecca N
Description:

Objective

To describe the Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS). The survey is a national, household survey that systematically measures the prevalence, nature and consequences of sexual, physical and emotional violence against children.

Design

This report provides information about the history, implementation, ethical protections, utility, results, limitations, and future directions of the VACS work.

Results

The study has been implemented in 11 countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, providing each of these countries with baseline data and momentum to address violence against children as a public health and human rights priority. These data are novel in each country, and VACS is well poised to contribute to an existing surveillance system or be used as the basis of a periodic surveillance system.

Conclusions

Without ongoing surveillance to assess prevalence and the impact of policy, prevention and response programming, violence will likely continue to be overlooked as the linchpin public health crisis that it is, globally and in individual countries.
Subjects:

Adolescent Africa Article Asia Caribbean Region Child Child, Preschool Child Abuse Cross-Sectional Studies Female Global Health Humans Male Population Surveillance Prevalence Public Health Violence Young Adult
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Inj Prev. 22(Suppl 1):i17-i22.
Pubmed ID:

27044493
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6158784
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Volume:

22
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CDC Public Access
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