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Modelling the effec...
Modelling the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on violent discipline against children
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Fabbri, C. (author)
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Bhatia, A. (author)
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- Petzold, Max, 1973 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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Jugder, M. (author)
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Guedes, A. (author)
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Cappa, C. (author)
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Devries, K. (author)
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- Elsevier BV, 2021
- 2021
- English.
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In: Child Abuse and Neglect. - : Elsevier BV. - 0145-2134. ; 116:Pt 2
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- Background: The COVID-19 pandemic could increase violence against children at home. However, collecting empirical data on violence is challenging due to ethical, safety, and data quality concerns. Objective: This study estimated the anticipated effect of COVID-19 on violent discipline at home using multivariable predictive regression models. Participants: Children aged 1–14 years and household members from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted in Nigeria, Mongolia, and Suriname before the COVID-19 pandemic were included. Methods: A conceptual model of how the COVID-19 pandemic could affect risk factors for violent discipline was developed. Country specific multivariable linear models were used to estimate the association between selected variables from MICS and a violent discipline score which captured the average combination of violent disciplinary methods used in the home. A review of the literature informed the development of quantitative assumptions about how COVID-19 would impact the selected variables under a “high restrictions” pandemic scenario, approximating conditions expected during a period of intense response measures, and a “lower restrictions” scenario with easing of COVID-19 restrictions but with sustained economic impacts. These assumptions were used to estimate changes in violent discipline scores. Results: Under a “high restrictions” scenario there would be a 35%–46% increase in violent discipline scores in Nigeria, Mongolia and Suriname, and under a “lower restrictions” scenario there would be between a 4%–6% increase in violent discipline scores in these countries. Conclusion: Policy makers need to plan for increases in violent discipline during successive waves of lockdowns. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Corporal punishment
- COVID-19
- MICS
- Pandemic
- Physical violence
- Violence against children
- Violent discipline
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- art (subject category)
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