Prevalence of violence in childhood and adolescence and the impact on educational outcomes: evidence from the 2013 Peruvian national survey on social relations

Conclusions
The relationship between violence in childhood and poorer educational outcomes is multi-faceted, potentially bi-directional, and manifests differently between genders. This research highlights the need for targeted research, policy and programming responses for prevention of violence.

Source: International Health - January 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Fry, D., Anderson, J., Hidalgo, R. J. T., Elizalde, A., Casey, T., Rodriguez, R., Martin, A., Oroz, C., Gamarra, J., Padilla, K., Fang, X. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research