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Early life factors associated with childhood trajectories of violence among the Birth to Twenty-Plus Cohort in Soweto, South Africa

Lilian Muchai, Sara Naicker, Juliana Kagura

published 19 Nov 2025

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Adverse childhood experiences, re-trafficking vulnerability, and mental health outcomes among women survivors of human trafficking in Kampala, Uganda: A cross-sectional analysis

Violet Nkwanzi, Robert M. Bulamba, David Okech, Catherine Carlson, Emmanuel Kyasanku, Sylvia Namakula, Deneen Evans, Alex Daama, Stephen Mugamba, Dorah Akello, Emmanuel Menya, Jackline B. Nammanda, James Nkale, Rogers Kasirye, Fred Nalugoda, Godfrey Kigozi, Gertrude Nakigozi

published 18 Nov 2025

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Using a human security lens to examine experiences of violence against women in long-term encampment

Njeri Kagotho, Njoki Maina Gitau, Gabriel Lubale, Niklas Mayer

published 06 Nov 2025

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Prevalence of violence in a clinical sample of adolescent patients visiting a child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinic in Nepal

Rampukar Sah, Per Håkan Brøndbo, Jasmine Ma, Ketil Lenert Hansen, Narmada Devkota, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Anne Cecilie Javo

published 31 Oct 2025

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Longing for touch and CT-optimal touch perception after interpersonal trauma

Birgit Hasenack, Anouk Keizer

published 27 Oct 2025

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Help seeking for intimate partner violence in a resource-constrained setting: A latent class analysis of the Nigerian demographic health survey dataset

Omolola Titilayo Alade, Forough Farrokhyar, Sheila Ann Sprague, Anita Acai, Mohit Bhandari

published 22 Oct 2025

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A matter of size: Comparing IV and OLS estimates

Riccardo Ciacci

published 22 Oct 2025

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Social norms and security and justice services for gender-based violence survivors in Nepal: Programmatic implications from a mixed-methods assessment

Cari Jo Clark, Brian Batayeh, Iris Shao, Irina Bergenfeld, Manoj Pandey, Sudhindra Sharma, Shikha Shrestha, Amritha Gourisankar, Anudeeta Gautam, Tehnyat J. Sohail, Holly Shakya, Grace Morrow, Abbie Shervinskie, Subada Soti

published 16 Oct 2025

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Effectiveness of the SmartShield for knowledge on sexual abuse prevention among primary school children in Malaysia: A quasi-experimental study

Mohamad Najib Mat Pa, Mohd Noor Norhayati, Zaharah Sulaiman, Nik Hazlina Nik Hussain, Azizah Othman, Azliana Aziz

published 09 Oct 2025

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Does attitude importance moderate the effects of person-first language? A registered report

Sandy Schumann, Hazem Zohny

published 08 Oct 2025

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Peer-assisted HIV partner notification services to strengthen index partner testing for newly diagnosed men who have sex with men in coastal Kenya

Haley Adrian, Maartje Dijkstra, Shally Mahmoud, Khamisi Mohamed, Evans Gichuru, Eduard J. Sanders, Don Operario, Elise M. van der Elst

published 07 Oct 2025

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Attitudes towards the timing of first birth and gender-based violence in rural Niger: Are adolescent wives with attitudes different from their husbands and peers at a higher risk of intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion?

Shweta Tomar, Holly Baker, Hachimou Amani, Kevin Iredell, Kadidiatou Boubacar Moussa, Abdoul-Moumouni Nouhou, Jennifer Gayles, Elizabeth Reed, Susan Kiene, Rebecka Lundgren, Jay Silverman

published 30 Sep 2025

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Adverse childhood experiences and adult dental care utilization in the United States: Variation by race and ethnicity

Alexander Testa, Karyn Fu, Dylan B. Jackson, Rahma Mungia, Thomas W. Oates, Jason M. Nagata, Kyle T. Ganson

published 30 Sep 2025

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