Development of a Parenting Support Program to Prevent Abuse of Adolescents in South Africa: Findings From a Pilot Pre-Post Study (2017)
Journal Article
Cluver, L. D., Lachman, J. M., Ward, C. L., Gardner, F., Peterson, T., Hutchings, J. M., …Redfern, A. A. (2017). Development of a Parenting Support Program to Prevent Abuse of Adolescents in South Africa: Findings From a Pilot Pre-Post Study. Research on Social Work Practice, 27(7), 758-766. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731516628647

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Purpose: Violence against children increases in adolescence, but there is a research and practice gap in research-supported child abuse prevention for the adolescent years. A pilot program for low-resource settings was d... Read More about Development of a Parenting Support Program to Prevent Abuse of Adolescents in South Africa: Findings From a Pilot Pre-Post Study.

The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Hughes, K., Bellis, M. A., Hardcastle, K. A., Sethi, D., Butchart, A., Mikton, C., …Dunne, M. P. (2017). The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health, 2(8), e356-e366. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667%2817%2930118-4

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Background A growing body of research identifies the harmful effects that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; occurring during childho... Read More about The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Research Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Elder Abuse Prevalence Studies (2017)
Journal Article
Wilber, K. H., Gassoumis, Z. D., Yon, Y., & Mikton, C. (2017). Research Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Elder Abuse Prevalence Studies. Canadian Journal on Aging / Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 36(2), 256-265. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980817000137

© 2017 Canadian Association on Gerontology. Elder abuse is an important public health and human rights issue, yet its true extent is not well understood. To address this, we will conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of elder abuse prevalence... Read More about Research Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Elder Abuse Prevalence Studies.

Elder abuse prevalence in community settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Yon, Y., Mikton, C. R., Gassoumis, Z. D., & Wilber, K. H. (2017). Elder abuse prevalence in community settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Global Health, 5(2), e147-e156. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X%2817%2930006-2

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license Background Elder abuse is recognised worldwide as a serious problem, yet quantitative syntheses of prevalence studies are rare. We aimed to quanti... Read More about Elder abuse prevalence in community settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention: A modified Delphi study (2016)
Journal Article
Mikton, C. R., Tanaka, M., Tomlinson, M., Streiner, D., Tonmyr, L., Lee, B., …MacMillan, H. (2017). Global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention: A modified Delphi study. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 95(1), 36-48. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.172965

© 2017, World Health Organization. All rights reserved. Objective To establish global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention using a systematic approach. Methods Research priorities were identified in a three-round process involvin... Read More about Global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention: A modified Delphi study.

Measuring and monitoring national prevalence of child maltreatment: A practical handbook (2016)
Report
Meinck, F., Steinert, J. I., Sethi, D., Gilbert, R., Bellis, M. A., Mikton, C., …Baban, A. (2016). Measuring and monitoring national prevalence of child maltreatment: A practical handbook

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Methods for conducting systematic reviews of risk factors in low- and middle-income countries (2016)
Journal Article
Shenderovich, Y., Eisner, M., Mikton, C., Gardner, F., Liu, J., & Murray, J. (2016). Methods for conducting systematic reviews of risk factors in low- and middle-income countries. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0134-2

© 2016 Shenderovich et al. Background: Rates of youth violence are disproportionately high in many low- and middle-income countries [LMICs] but existing reviews of risk factors focus almost exclusively on high-income countries. Different search strat... Read More about Methods for conducting systematic reviews of risk factors in low- and middle-income countries.

Preventing child maltreatment in low- and middle-income countries. Parent support programs have the potential to buffer the effects of poverty (2015)
Journal Article
Ward, C., Sanders, M. R., Gardner, F., Mikton, C., & Dawes, A. (2016). Preventing child maltreatment in low- and middle-income countries. Parent support programs have the potential to buffer the effects of poverty. Child Abuse and Neglect, 54, 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.11.002

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Global strategies to reduce violence by 50% in 30 Years: Findings from the WHO and University of Cambridge Global Violence Reduction Conference 2014 (2015)
Report
Krisch, M., Eisner, M., Mikton, C., & Butchart, A. (2015). Global strategies to reduce violence by 50% in 30 Years: Findings from the WHO and University of Cambridge Global Violence Reduction Conference 2014

Report detailing findings from the WHO and University of Cambridge Global Violence Reduction Conference 2014

Adapting and retesting evidence-based child maltreatment prevention programs: A case study in Canada (2015)
Journal Article
prevention programs: A case study in Canada. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 35(8/9), 168-170

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Toolkit on mapping legal, health and social services responses to child maltreatment (2015)
Report
Jud, A., Jones, L., & Mikton, C. (2015). Toolkit on mapping legal, health and social services responses to child maltreatment

The toolkit, developed with academic from several countries, provides researchers with guidance for improving the quality of studies that use administrative data to better ascertain child maltreatment incidence, response and service delivery.

Global status report on violence prevention 2014 (2015)
Journal Article
Krug, E. G., Dahlberg, L. L., Butchart, A., Mikton, C., Dahlberg, L. L., & Krug, E. G. (2015). Global status report on violence prevention 2014. Injury Prevention, 21(3), 213. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041640

The Global status report on violence prevention 20141 describes what countries are doing to address interpersonal violence, and is a joint publication of WHO, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and United Nations Development Programme. Interpe... Read More about Global status report on violence prevention 2014.

A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Persons With Disabilities (2014)
Journal Article
Mikton, C., Maguire, H., & Shakespeare, T. (2014). A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Persons With Disabilities. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(17), 3207-3226. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260514534530

© The Author(s) 2014. Persons with disabilities make up some 15% of the world’s population and are at higher risk of violence. Yet there is currently no systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions to prevent violence against them. Thus th... Read More about A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Persons With Disabilities.

Parenting for lifelong Health: From South Africa to other low- and middle-income countries (2014)
Journal Article
Ward, C., Mikton, C., Cluver, L., Cooper, P., Gardner, F., Hutchings, J., …Wessels, I. (2014). Parenting for lifelong Health: From South Africa to other low- and middle-income countries

At present there are no parenting programmes that are both evidence-based and affordable for low- and middle-income countries, where the need is the greatest. Parenting for Lifelong Health aims to fill this gap. This article sets the context of viole... Read More about Parenting for lifelong Health: From South Africa to other low- and middle-income countries.

The history and role of international organizations in violence prevention policy (2014)
Book Chapter
Butchart, A., & Mikton, C. (2014). The history and role of international organizations in violence prevention policy. In P. Donnelly, & C. Ward (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Violence Prevention: Epidemiology, Evidence, and Policy (317-322). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199678723.001.0001

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Challenges and priorities for researchers (2014)
Book Chapter
Butchart, A., Mikton, C., Ward, C., & Donnelly, P. (2014). Challenges and priorities for researchers. In P. Donnelly, & C. Ward (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Violence Prevention: Epidemiology, Evidence, and Policy (323-328). Oxford: Oxford University Press

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Governments must do more to address interpersonal violence (2014)
Journal Article
Butchart, A., Mikton, C., & Krug, E. (2014). Governments must do more to address interpersonal violence. Lancet, 384(9961), 2183-2185. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2814%2962124-3

The Global status report on violence prevention 2014,1 jointly published by WHO, UNDP, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, was launched on Dec 11, 2014. For the first time, it assesses national efforts to address interpersonal violence, which inclu... Read More about Governments must do more to address interpersonal violence.

Introduction to Special Issue on Violence Against People With Disability (2014)
Journal Article
Mikton, C., & Shakespeare, T. (2014). Introduction to Special Issue on Violence Against People With Disability. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(17), 3055-3062. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260514534531

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Integration of prevention of violence against children and early child development (2014)
Journal Article
Betancourt, T. S., Mikton, C., MacMillan, H., Dua, T., & Betancourt, T. S. (2014). Integration of prevention of violence against children and early child development. Lancet Global Health, 2(8), e442-e443. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X%2814%2970233-5

Despite important scientific advances in how violence against children can disrupt healthy early development,the study of these issues has developed in relative isolation. Both areas are increasing in prominence,but so far there has been little call... Read More about Integration of prevention of violence against children and early child development.

Global status report on violence prevention, 2014 (2014)
Report
Butchart, A., & Mikton, C. (2014). Global status report on violence prevention, 2014

The Global status report on violence prevention 2014, which reflects data from 133 countries, is the first report of its kind to assess national efforts to address interpersonal violence, namely child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner an... Read More about Global status report on violence prevention, 2014.