Open AccessEstimating the changing burden of disease attributable to interpersonal violence in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012
Author(s) -
Megan Prinsloo,
Mercilene Machisa,
Reshma Kassanjee,
Catherine L. Ward,
I Neethling,
Lillian Artz,
Rachel Jewkes,
Naeemah Abrahams,
V Pillay van-Wyk,
Richard Matzopoulos,
Debbie Bradshaw,
Rosana Pacella
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2022.v112i8b.16512
Subject(s) - medicine , victimisation , domestic violence , poison control , population , mental health , psychiatry , attributable risk , suicide prevention , public health , injury prevention , interpersonal communication , occupational safety and health , sexual violence , environmental health , psychology , social psychology , nursing , pathology
South Africa (SA)'s high rate of interpersonal violence persists as a leading public health problem for the country. The first South African Comparative Risk Assessment Study (SACRA1) in 2000 quantified the long-term mental and physical health burden attributable to interpersonal violence by supplementing the direct injury burden of disease attributable to interpersonal violence injuries with the substantial contribution of mental health, behavioural and reproductive health consequences accruing from exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and child sexual abuse.