Ethical reporting of research on violence against women and children: a review of current practice and recommendations for future guidelines

Peterman, Amber; Devries, Karen; Guedes, Alessandra; Chandan, Joht Singh; Minhas, Sonica; Lim, Rachel Qian Hui; Gennari, Floriza; Bhatia, Amiya

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011882

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“…Ethics and informed consent data can be found in the Declarations following this manuscript. Overall, 13 of the 14 recently published (2023) recommendations for ethical research on violence against women and children were followed (Peterman et al, 2023 ). The sole exception was mandated reporting of violence against children, which is complicated in a setting where such mandates do not exist and reporting may endanger children further.…”

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Sexual Assault Among Young Adolescents in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from the IMPower and SOS Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Sarnquist,

Friedberg,

Rosenman

et al. 2023

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Sexual assault is a global threat to adolescent health, but empowerment self-defense (ESD) interventions have shown promise for prevention. This study evaluated the joint implementation of a girls’ ESD program and a concurrent boys’ program, implemented via a cluster-randomized controlled trial in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya, from January 2016 to October 2018. Schools were randomized to the 12-h intervention or 2-h standard of care. Students were randomly sampled to complete surveys at baseline and again at 24 months post-intervention. A total of 3263 girls, ages 10–14, who completed both baseline and follow-up surveys were analyzed; weights were adjusted for dropout. At follow-up, 5.9% (n = 194/3263) of girls reported having been raped in the prior 12 months. Odds of reporting rape were not significantly different in the intervention versus SOC group (OR: 1.21; 95% CI (0.40, 5.21), p = 0.63). Secondary outcomes, social self-efficacy (OR: 1.08; 95% CI (0.95, 1.22), p = 0.22), emotional self-efficacy (OR 1.07; 95% CI (0.89, 1.29), p = 0.49), and academic self-efficacy (OR: 0.90; 95% CI (0.82, 1.00), p = 0.06) were not significantly different. Exploratory analyses of boys’ victimization and perpetration are reported. This study improved on previous ESD studies in this setting with longitudinal follow-up of individuals and independent data collection. This study did not show an effect of the intervention on self-reported rape; findings should be interpreted cautiously due to limitations. Sexual assault rates are high in this young population, underscoring a dire need to implement and rigorously test sexual assault prevention interventions in this setting. The trial was registered with Clinical Trials.gov # NCT02771132. Version 3.1 registered on May 2017, first participant enrolled January 2017.

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Sexual Assault Among Young Adolescents in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from the IMPower and SOS Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Sarnquist,

Friedberg,

Rosenman

et al. 2023

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“…This will be exacerbated in times of crisis when child protection mechanisms are disrupted (Curtis et al, 2000;Seddighi et al, 2021). It also has important implications for the ability to assess whether researchers have implemented the principle of 'do no harm', and to assess how reliable the findings are (Peterman et al, 2023).…”

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How do Climate Change and Environmental Degradation contribute to Violence against Children?

Datzberger¹,

Howard-Merrill²,

Iorfa³

et al. 2023

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This scoping review of the literature explores the interlinkages between two pressing crises: violence against children (VAC) and climate change (CC) together with environmental degradation (ED). Only recently have research and policy begun to shine a light on the magnifying effect of CC on children’s exposure to violence, exploitation, and abuse, with the role of ED remaining under-explored. To spur academic and political movement in this area, our research aims to help establish the magnitude, direction, and pathways of the relationship between CC, ED, and VAC. We showcase the complexity of that relationship and illustrate, in the form of case studies, why context-specific approaches and more research are needed. Doing so, we cover five thematic areas: 1) Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction, 2) Gender, 3) Im/mobility, 4) Child Labour and 5) Health. Taking all five thematic areas together, structural violence against children emerged as a cross-cutting theme, creating and reinforcing the conditions for multiple forms of VAC in the context of CC and ED.

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Putting children’s safety at the heart of violence research

Bhatia,

Zinke-Allmang,

Bangirana

et al. 2024

Nat Med

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Ethical reporting of research on violence against women and children: a review of current practice and recommendations for future guidelines

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Sexual Assault Among Young Adolescents in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from the IMPower and SOS Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Sexual Assault Among Young Adolescents in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Findings from the IMPower and SOS Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

How do Climate Change and Environmental Degradation contribute to Violence against Children?

Putting children’s safety at the heart of violence research

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