Household illness, poverty and physical and emotional child abuse victimisation: findings from South Africa’s first prospective cohort study

Background: Physical and emotional abuse of children is a large scale problem in South Africa, with severe negative outcomes for survivors. Although chronic household illness has shown to be a predictor for physical and emotional abuse, no research has thus far investigated the different pathways fr...

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Main Authors: Meinck, F., Cluver, L., Boyes, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14419