Violence against children and natural disasters: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative evidence

Reviews of violence against children in disaster settings focus on armed conflict. Little is understood about natural disasters which has implications in planning humanitarian response. We examined the magnitude and direction of the association between exposure to natural disasters and physical, emotional, and sexual violence against children, and assessed the quality of the evidence.

Keywords

Evidence Objectives Reviews, Heterogeneity, Violence outcomes, Planned subgroup analyses, Study design, Disaster settings focus