Violence Against Children of the World: Burden, Consequences and Recommendations for Action
Violence against children of the world: Burden, consequences and recommendations for action Authors: Shanti Raman,1,2,3 Ayesha Kadir, 2 Rajeev Seth,4, Tufail Muhammad,4,5 Catherine Maternowska,6 Jeffrey Goldhagen,2,7Thea van Zeben-van der Aa,2,8 Susan Bennett,4,9 Susan Bissell,10 Ramya Subrahmanian,11 Tony Waterston,2, Danielle D’Annunzio12 1. Department of Community Paediatrics, South Western Sydney Local Health District, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2. International Society for Social Pediatrics & Child Health, 3. International Pediatric Association 4. International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect 5. Child Rights Committee, Pakistan Pediatric Association, Pakistan 6. Data, Evidence & Solutions, Global Partnership and Fund to End Violence Against Children Secretariat, New York, United States of America 7. Division of Community and Societal Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine—Jacksonville, United States of America 8. Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Hospital, Maastricht, the Netherlands 9. Director Social Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Canada 10. Director, Global Partnership and Fund to End Violence Against Children Secretariat, New York, United States of America 1 11. Executive Director, Know Violence in Childhood: A Global Learning Initiative, Institutional Area, Gurgaon, India 12. Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Abstract Globally, the range, scale and burden of all forms of violence against children (VAC) are increasingly visible. Yet VAC as a physical, mental, public and social health concern is only recently gaining the prominence it deserves. Addressing VAC is critical as the outcomes of violence experienced early in life have long-lasting physical and mental health consequences throughout childhood, adolescence, adulthood—inter-generationally and for society as a whole.
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