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Psychology, Health & Medicine Volume 22, 2017 - Issue sup1: Know Violence in Childhood Global Learning Initiative: Dedicated to the memory of Peter Bell
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Disclosure of physical, emotional and sexual child abuse, help-seeking and access to abuse response services in two South African Provinces

Franziska MeinckCentre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;OPTENTIA, School of Behavioural Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lucie CluverCentre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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Heidi Loening-VoyseyUNICEF Innocenti, Office of Research, Florence, Italy
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Rachel BrayCentre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;Department of Anthropology, School of African & Gender Studies, Anthropology & Linguistics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Jenny DoubtCentre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Marisa CasaleCentre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Lorraine SherrResearch Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, UK
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Pages 94-106 | Received 10 Jun 2016, Accepted 10 Nov 2016, Published online: 19 Jan 2017

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