title: Violence against children and adolescents. International perspectives.
abstract: Selected topics of violence against children and adolescents that occur in countries outside of the United States are discussed. Focus is given to middle-income and low-income countries and emphasis is placed on the epidemiology of this pressing public health problem, particularly on conditions that are peculiar to children and adolescents in international settings, such as female genital mutilations, wars, displacements, and land mines. The discussion of child maltreatment is presented in the context of child rearing and discipline in different cultures. Recommendations for action and violence prevention are offered in the light of vast cultural differences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Forjuoh
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Zwi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D019093:Circumcision, Female; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D011678:Punishment; D013405:Suicide; D014754:Violence; D014857:Warfare