Exposure to physical and sexual violence and adverse health behaviours in African children: results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey

• Main Authors: David W Brown (Author), Leanne Riley (Author), Alexander Butchart (Author), David R Meddings (Author), Laura Kann (Author), Alison Phinney Harvey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between exposure to physical violence (PV) or sexual violence (SV) and adverse health behaviours among a sample of children in five African countries. METHODS: In a cross-sectional analysis of data from Namibia, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe - countries th...