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040 _aAFVC
100 _aCerna-Turoff, Ilan
_910150
245 _aThe pathways between natural disasters and violence against children :
_ba systematic review
_cIlan Cerna-Turoff, Hanna-Tina Fischer, Hani Mansourian and Susannah Mayhew
260 _bBMC,
_c2021
500 _aBMC Public Health, 2021, Advance online publication, 12 July 2021
520 _aBackground: Natural disasters are increasingly affecting a larger segment of the world’s population. These highly disruptive events have the potential to produce negative changes in social dynamics and the environment which increase violence against children. We do not currently have a comprehensive understanding of how natural disasters lead to violence against children despite the growing threat to human populations and the importance of violence as a public health issue. The mapping of pathways to violence is critical in designing targeted and evidence-based prevention services for children. We systematically reviewed peer-reviewed articles and grey literature to document the pathways between natural disasters and violence against children and to suggest how this information could be used in the design of future programming. Methods: We searched 15 bibliographic databases and six grey literature repositories from the earliest date of publication to May 16, 2018. In addition, we solicited grey literature from humanitarian agencies globally that implement child-focused programming after natural disasters. Peer-reviewed articles and grey literature that presented original quantitative or qualitative evidence on how natural disasters led to violence against children were included. The authors synthesized the evidence narratively and used thematic analysis with a constant comparative method to articulate pathways to violence. Results: We identified 6276 unduplicated publications. Nine peer-reviewed articles and 17 grey literature publications met the inclusion criteria. The literature outlined five pathways between natural disasters and violence, including: (i) environmentally induced changes in supervision, accompaniment, and child separation; (ii) transgression of social norms in post-disaster behavior; (iii) economic stress; (iv) negative coping with stress; and (v) insecure shelter and living conditions. Conclusions: Service providers would benefit from systematic documentation to a high-quality standard of all possible pathways to violence in tailoring programming after natural disasters. The identified pathways in this review provide a foundation for designing targeted prevention services. In addition, the positive coping strategies within certain affected families and communities can be leveraged in implementing strength-based approaches to violence prevention. (Authors' abstract). Record #7229
650 _aCHILD ABUSE
_9103
650 _aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
_9121
650 _aCHILD NEGLECT
_9114
650 _aECONOMIC ASPECTS
_9213
650 _aHOUSING
_9300
650 _aINTERVENTION
_9326
650 _aNATURAL DISASTERS
_9400
650 _aPREVENTION
_9458
650 _aRISK FACTORS
_9505
650 0 _aSYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
_93140
651 _aINTERNATIONAL
_93624
700 _aFischer, Hanna-Tina
_910151
700 _aMansourian, Hani
_910152
700 _aMayhew, Susannah
_910153
773 0 _tBMC Public Health, 2021, Advance online publication, 12 July 2021
830 _aBMC Public Health
_94668
856 _uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11252-3
_zDOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11252-3 (Open access)
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_cARTICLE