Asking youth and adults about child maltreatment: a review of government surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In this review we: (1) identify and describe nationally representative surveys with child maltreatment (CM) questions conducted by governments in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries and (2) describe procedures implemented to address respondents' safety and minimise potential distress.

Design

We conducted a systematic search across eight databases from 1 January 2000 to 5 July 2021 to identify original studies with information about relevant surveys. Additional information about surveys was obtained through survey methods studies, survey reports, survey websites or by identifying full questionnaires (when available).

Results

Forty-six studies representing 139 surveys (98 youth and 41 adult) conducted by governments from 105 countries were ide

SUBMITTER: Campeau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9680163 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature