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         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of Sexual Violence Against Children and Use of Social Services — Seven Countries, 2007–2013
 Steven A. Sumner,; James A. Mercy, ; Janet Saul, et al
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
June 5, 2015 / 64(21);565-569
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The public health crisis of child sexual abuse in low and middle income countries: An integrative review of the literature.
Veenema TG, Thornton CP, Corley A.
 Int J Nurs Stud. 2014 Nov 7. pii: S0020-7489(14)00275-2
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Girl Child Marriage and Its Association With National Rates of HIV, Maternal Health, and Infant Mortality Across 97 Countries.
Raj A, Boehmer U.
Violence Against Women. 2013 May 22
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Africa
 

Regional

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Preventing Sexual Violence and HIV in Children.
 Sommarin C, Kilbane T, Mercy JA, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Jul 1;66 Suppl 2:S217-S223.
 Abstract

Child sexual abuse in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature review.
Lalor K. 
Child Abuse Negl. 2004 Apr;28(4):439-60.
Abstract

 
Botswana
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Knowledge and perceptions of parents regarding child sexual abuse in botswana and swaziland
Mathoma AM, Maripe-Perera DB 
J Pediatr Nurs. 2006 Feb;21(1):67-72.
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Cameroon
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Sexual Abuse in Cameroon: A Four-Year-Old Girl Victim of Rape in Buea Case Study.
Chishugi J, Franke T
.J Child Sex Abus. 2016 Aug-Sep;25(6):619-26

Côte d'Ivoire 
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis in children and adolescents victims of rape in Abidjan.
Ehui E, Couitchéré LS, Kouakou GA, et al
Med Mal Infect. 2015 Sep 3
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DR Congo
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
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Sexual Violence toward Children and Youth in War-Torn Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Malemo Kalisya L, Lussy Justin P,  et al
PLoS One. 2011 Jan 18;6(1):e15911
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Kenya

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Communities' perceptions of factors contributing to child sexual abuse vulnerability in Kenya: a qualitative study.
Wangamati CK, Sundby J, Prince RJ
.ult Health Sex. 2018 Mar 13:1-15.
Abstract

Psychiatric morbidity among sexually abused children and adolescents.
 Syengo-Mutisya CM, Kathuku DM, Ndetei DM.  
East Afr Med J. 2008 Feb;85(2):85-91.
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Piloting post-exposure prophylaxis in Kenya raises specific concerns for the management of
childhood rape.
Speight CG, Klufio A, Kilonzo SN, et al 
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Jan;100(1):14-8.
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Child sexual abuse in Tanzania and Kenya.
Lalor K.
Child Abuse Negl. 2004 Aug;28(8):833-44
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Malawi

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Introduction of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually abused children in Malawi.
Ellis JC, Ahmad S, Molyneux EM. 
Arch Dis Child. 2005 Sep 20;
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Namibia

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  'If they rape me, I can't blame them": Reflections on gender in the social context of child rape
in South Africa and Namibia.
Jewkes R, Penn-Kekana L, Rose-Junius H.
Soc Sci Med. 2005 May
 Abstract
Nigeria

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
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Evaluating the medical care of child sexual abuse victims in a general hospital in ibadan, Nigeria.
Ige O, Fawole OI.
 Ghana Med J. 2012 Mar;46(1):22-6.
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South Africa

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Reported Physical and Sexual Abuse in Childhood and Adult HIV Risk Behaviour in Three African Countries: Findings from Project Accept (HPTN-043).
Richter L, Komárek A, Desmond C, et al
AIDS Behav. 2013 Mar 9.
Abstract

HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for child rape survivors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Who qualifies
 and who complies?
 Collings SJ, Bugwandeen SR, Wiles WA
Child Abuse Negl. 2008 May
 Abstract
 
HIV-seroconversion following sexual abuse.
Meel BL.
J Clin Forensic Med. 2005 Oct;12(5):268-70.
Abstract

'If they rape me, I can't blame them": Reflections on gender in the social context of child rape
in South Africa and Namibia.
Jewkes R, Penn-Kekana L, Rose-Junius H.
Soc Sci Med. 2005 May
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FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 National cross sectional study of views on sexual violence and risk of HIV
infection and AIDS among South African school pupils.
 Andersson N, Ho-Foster A, Matthis J, et al  
BMJ. 2004 Oct 14
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Swaziland
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Knowledge and perceptions of parents regarding child sexual abuse in botswana and
swaziland
Mathoma AM, Maripe-Perera DB 
J Pediatr Nurs. 2006 Feb;21(1):67-72.
 Abstract
 
Tanzania

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Sexual Violence Against Female and Male Children in the United Republic of Tanzania.
 Vagi KJ, Brookmeyer KA, Gladden RM, et al
Violence Against Women. 2016 Mar 14.
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HIV and Childhood Sexual Violence: Implications for Sexual Risk Behaviors and HIV Testing in Tanzania.
Chiang LF, Chen J, Gladden MR, et al
AIDS Educ Prev. 2015 Oct;27(5):474-487.
 Abstract

Reported Physical and Sexual Abuse in Childhood and Adult HIV Risk Behaviour in Three African Countries: Findings from Project Accept (HPTN-043).
Richter L, Komárek A, Desmond C, et al
AIDS Behav. 2013 Mar 9.
Abstract

Child sexual abuse in Tanzania and Kenya.
Lalor K.
Child Abuse Negl. 2004 Aug;28(8):833-44
 Abstract
 
Zimbabwe
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Childhood sexual violence in Zimbabwe: Evidence for the epidemic against girls.
Rumble L, Mungate T, Chigiji H,
Child Abuse Negl. 2015 May 15.
 Abstract

Reported Physical and Sexual Abuse in Childhood and Adult HIV Risk Behaviour in Three African Countries: Findings from Project Accept (HPTN-043).
Richter L, Komárek A, Desmond C, et al
AIDS Behav. 2013 Mar 9.
Abstract
Asia
 
China

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Childhood Sexual Abuse and Its Relationship With Psychosocial Outcomes Among
Children Affected by HIV in Rural China.
Zhao Q, Zhao J, Li X, Zhao G,  et al J
Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2010 Nov 25.
 Abstract
India

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Girl, woman, lover, mother: Towards a new understanding of child prostitution among young
Devadasis in rural Karnataka, India.
Orchard TR.
Soc Sci Med. 2007 Apr 3;
Abstract

Thailand

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Child prostitution in Thailand.
 Lau C. 
J Child Health Care. 2008 Jun;12(2):144-55.
 Abstract
Australia/Pacific Islands
 
Australia

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Childhood sexual experiences with an older partner among men who have sex with men in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dolezal C, Carballo-Diéguez A, et al
Child Abuse Negl. 2013 Oct 24.
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Childhood Sexual Abuse and Cannabis Use in Early Adulthood: Findings from an
Australian Birth Cohort Study.
 Hayatbakhsh MR, Najman JM, Jamrozik K, et al 
Arch Sex Behav. 2007 Jul 31;
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New Guinea

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
At Risk: The Relationship between Experiences of Child Sexual Abuse and Women's HIV Status in
Papua New Guinea.
 Lewis IR.
J Child Sex Abus. 2012 May;21(3):273-94.
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Europe
 
Austria
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Bacterial colonization in suspected sexually abused children.
 Kohlberger P, Bancher-Todesca D.  
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2007 Oct;20(5):289-92
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Hungary

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Female Child Sexual Abuse within the Family in a Hungarian County.
Csorba R, Lampe L, Borsos A, et al 
Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2006 Feb 2;61(4):188-193
Abstract
 

Iceland

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Personal resurrection: female childhood sexual abuse survivors' experience of the Wellness-Program.
Sigurdardottir S, Halldorsdottir S, Bender SS, Agnarsdottir G
Scand J Caring Sci. 2015 Jun 2.
Abstract
 

Sweden
 
  Sexual abuse and associations with psychosocial aspects of health. A population- based
study with Swedish adolescents.
Priebe G, Hansson K, Svedin CG.
Nord J Psychiatry. 2009 Nov 2.
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Norway

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Sexual abuse of deaf children. A retrospective analysis of the prevalence and
characteristics of childhood sexual abuse among deaf adults in Norway.
Kvam MH.
Child Abuse Negl. 2004 Mar;28(3):241-51.
 Abstract
Latin America/Caribbean
 
Brazil

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Sexual abuse of children and adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 Aded NL, Dalcin BL, Cavalcanti MT.
Cad Saude Publica. 2007 Aug;23(8):1971-5
 Abstract
 
El Salvador
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Dimensions of child sexual abuse before age 15 in three Central American countries:
Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
 Speizer IS, Goodwin M, Whittle L, et al
Child Abuse Negl. 2008 May 1
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Honduras
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Dimensions of child sexual abuse before age 15 in three Central American countries:
Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
 Speizer IS, Goodwin M, Whittle L, et al
Child Abuse Negl. 2008 May 1
 Abstract
 
Guatemala
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Dimensions of child sexual abuse before age 15 in three Central American countries:
Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
 Speizer IS, Goodwin M, Whittle L, et al
Child Abuse Negl. 2008 May 1
 Abstract
Middle East
 
Turkey

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Trans-metatarsal amputation as a complication of child sexual abuse.
Ozkara E, Karatosun V, Gunal I, Oral R
J Clin Forensic Med. 2004 Jun;11(3):129-32
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North America
 
Canada
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Sexual violence against children in a family environment attended by SAMVVIS, Teresina, PI.
 Monteiro CF, Teles DC, Castro KL, et al
Rev Bras Enferm. 2008 Jul-Aug;61(4):459-63.
Abstract
 
United States

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in Women Seeking Help for Sexual and Reproductive Mental Health Problems: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Disclosure.
López S, Faro C, Lopetegui L,
J Child Sex Abus. 2017 Apr;26(3):246-269.
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Risk Factors for Domestic Child Sex Trafficking in the United States.
Fedina L, Williamson C, Perdue T.
J Interpers Violence. 2016 Jul 27.
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Challenges to the rapid identification of children who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation.
Rafferty Y.
 Child Abuse Negl. 2016 Feb;52:158-68.
Abstract

Transdiagnostic psychopathology mediates the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections in adulthood.
Latack JA, Rodriguez-Seijas C, Stohl M, et al
Compr Psychiatry. 2015 Oct;62:71-79.
Abstract

Family or Caregiver Instability, Parental Attachment, and the Relationship to Juvenile Sex Offending.
Felizzi MV.
 J Child Sex Abus. 2015 Aug-Sep;24(6):641-58.
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Characteristics of child commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking victims presenting for medical care in the United States.
Varma S, Gillespie S, McCracken C, Greenbaum VJ.
Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Apr 17.
Abstract

Mediation of HIV/STI Risk by Mental Health Disorders Among Persons Living in the US Reporting
Childhood Sexual Abuse.
 Sweet T, Polansky M, Welles SL
 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Sep 26
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Childhood Sexual Abuse and Health Risk Behaviors in Patients with HIV and a
History of Injection Drug Use.
Markowitz SM, O'Cleirigh C, Hendriksen ES,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2010 Dec 16
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Findings from Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE): A case study of New Hampshire's pediatric
SANE database.
Murphy SB, Potter SJ, Stapleton JG, et al
J Forensic Nurs. 2010 Winter;6(4):163-9
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Factors that influence police conceptualizations of girls involved in prostitution in six U.S. cities:
child sexual exploitation victims or delinquents?
Halter S.
Child Maltreat. 2010 May;15(2):152-60.
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Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in suspected child victims of sexual assault.
 Girardet RG, Lahoti S, Howard LA, et al 
Pediatrics. 2009 Jul;124(1):79-86.
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Has this prepubertal girl been sexually abused?
 Berkoff MC, Zolotor AJ, Makoroff KL,  
JAMA. 2008 Dec 17;300(23):2779-92.
Abstract
 
The legacy of childhood sexual abuse and family adversity.
 Martsolf DS, Draucker CB. 
J Nurs Scholarsh. 2008;40(4):333-40.
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Guidelines for medical care of children evaluated for suspected sexual abuse:
an update for 2008.
 Adams JA. 
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Oct;20(5):435-41.
Abstract
 
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adolescent Pregnancy: A Meta-analytic Update.
 Noll JG, Shenk CE, Putnam KT, et al
J Pediatr Psychol. 2008 Sep 15.
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Impact of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners on the Evaluation of Sexual Assault in a Pediatric Emergency
Department.
Bechtel K, Ryan E, Gallagher D.  
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2008 Jun 17.
Abstract

nterpartner conflict and child abuse risk among African American and Latino adolescent parenting couples.
 Moore DR, Florsheim P.
Child Abuse Negl. 2008 Apr;32(4):463-75.
Abstract
 
Effects of Defendant Sexual Orientation on Jurors' Perceptions of Child Sexual Assault.
Wiley TR, Bottoms BL.
Law Hum Behav. 2008 Apr 11
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A media campaign prevention program for child sexual abuse: community members' perspectives.
Self-Brown S, Rheingold AA, Campbell C, de Arellano MA.
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Jun;23(6):728-43.
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Childhood sexual abuse and abuse-specific attributions of blame over 6 years following
discovery.
 Feiring C, Cleland C. 
Child Abuse Negl. 2007 Nov-Dec;31(11-12):1169-86.
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Hiding behind the cloth: child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church.
 Dale KA, Alpert JL.
J Child Sex Abus. 2007;16(3):59-74.
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