Exploring children's formal help-seeking behaviour for violence in Zimbabwe: analysis of national survey and routine service provider data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore knowledge of formal services and help-seeking behaviour for violence among Zimbabwean children aged 18 years and under.

Design

We use cross-sectional data from the 2017 Zimbabwe Violence Against Children Survey (VACS), which is nationally representative and had a 72% response rate for female participants and 66% for males; and anonymised routine data from one of the largest child protection service providers' (Childline Zimbabwe) call database.

Setting

Zimbabwe.

Participants

We analysed data from 13 to 18 year old participants in the 2017 VACS and pertaining to respondents aged 18 years and under from Childline Zimbabwe's call database.

Measures/analysis

We describe characteristics of children, and fit unadjusted and logistic regres

SUBMITTER: Devries K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163484 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature