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

• Main Authors: George Nikolaidis (Author), Kiki Petroulaki (Author), Foteini Zarokosta (Author), Antonia Tsirigoti (Author), Altin Hazizaj (Author), Enila Cenko (Author), Jelena Brkic-Smigoc (Author), Emir Vajzovic (Author), Vaska Stancheva (Author), Stefka Chincheva (Author), Marina Ajdukovic (Author), Miro Rajter (Author), Marija Raleva (Author), Liljana Trpcevska (Author), Maria Roth (Author), Imola Antal (Author), Veronika Ispanovic (Author), Natasha Hanak (Author), Zeynep Olmezoglu-Sofuoglu (Author), Ismail Umit-Bal (Author), Donata Bianchi (Author), Franziska Meinck (Author), Kevin Browne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 s...