Prevention

Elizabeth A Wieling , Jaime Ballard, Christopher Mehus, Damir Utrzan Introduction: Increasing numbers of children are fleeing to the United States after exposure to war and conflict. Children exposed to war have high rates of negative...

Suzy Clarkson , Judy Hutchings KiVa is a Finnish anti-bullying programme, developed at Turku University. It is based on robust research by the programme developer, Christina Salmivalli, that shows how the responses of bystanders maintain or...

Anthony Shakeshaft Introduction: Adolescents exposed to multiple, co-occurring risk factors experience disproportionately high rates of harm, and Indigenous adolescents are over-represented in this population. Despite this, little is known...

Cui Yang , Ashley Perez, Don Operario, Hongo Zhang, Nickolas Zaller Introduction: Research in China has found that MSM avoid HIV testing at clinics or public health departments due in part to stigma and fear of disclosure of their MSM...

Marsha Bowers , Helen Baker-Henningham, Yakeisha Scott Introduction : Corporal punishment is a widely used behaviour management strategy in Jamaican schools and exposure to corporal punishment at school is associated with poor child mental...

Mieke Snijder Introduction: Indigenous people of Australia experience a higher burden of health-related harm compared to non-Aboriginal Australians, which is most starkly evidenced by the Aboriginal life expectancy being an estimated 10...

Ashley Perez , Don Operario, Cui Yang, Nickolas Zaller, Hongo Zhang Introduction: In China, the proportion of HIV cases attributed to men who have sex with men (MSM) behavior has rapidly increased in recent years, with over one-quarter of...

Steven M. Kogan , Sophie Walsh, Megan Hicks The Ethiopian families who are the focus of the present study emigrated from Ethiopia to Israel in the 1980s-1990s. Escaping civil war, famine, and religious persecution, these families have...

Jeremy Segrott , Jo Holliday, Jonathan Scourfield, David Foxcroft, Simon Murphy Introduction: Trials of family-based prevention interventions often face challenges in recruitment and retention, leading to methodological issues. However...

Joan E. Durrant , Dominique Pierre Plateau In 2015, the United Nations set out a new sustainable development agenda based on human rights standards. One of its 17 goals is to end all forms of violence against children by 2030. An indicator...