Year Published: 2017
Authors: Xiangming Fang, Xiaodong Zheng, Deborah A Fry, Gary Ganz, Tabitha Casey, Celia Hsiao and Catherine L Ward
Publisher: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Suggested Citation: Fang X, Zheng X, Fry DA, Ganz G, Casey T, Hsiao C & Ward CL (2017) The Economic Burden of Violence against Children in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(11), 1431.
The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic burden of violence against children in South Africa. We assembled summative estimates of lifetime prevalence, calculated the magnitude of associations with negative outcomes, and thereby estimated the economic burden of violence against children.