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

Cerna-turoff, I; Fischer, H; Mayhew, S

(2019). Violence against children and natural disasters: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative evidence. [Dataset]. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217719.s007

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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

Item Type	Dataset
Resource Type	Resource Type Resource Description Dataset Quantitative
Capture method	Other
Date	30 May 2019
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	Cerna-turoff, I; Fischer, H; Mayhew, S and Devries, K
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Date Deposited	18 Jul 2019 15:38
Last Modified	20 Jan 2026 09:15
Publisher	PLOS One