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3475
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583

Overview

Karen Devries is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of violence, health, and social issues, particularly concerning children and intimate partner relationships.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology, social sciences, and health professions, with a notable emphasis on clinical psychology. Their work spans subfields such as health, general health professions, sociology and political science, and safety research.

Key topics in their research include child abuse and trauma, intimate partner and family violence, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, migration, health and trauma, homelessness and social issues, sex work and related issues, and poverty, education, and child welfare.

Devries has published multiple papers in various journals. Some recently published works include:

  • Violence against children during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • COVID-19 response measures and violence against children, 2020, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Violence against children and intimate partner violence against women: overlap and common contributing factors among caregiver-adolescent dyads, 2020, BMC Public Health
  • Modelling the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on violent discipline against children, 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Intensified inequities: Young people's experiences of Covid-19 and school closures in Uganda, 2022, Children & Society

The frequent co-authors working with Devries include Amiya Bhatia, Dipak Naker, Camilla Fabbri, Ellen Turner, and Louise Knight.

Devries's research is regularly published in venues such as BMC Public Health, BMJ Open, Child Abuse & Neglect, PLOS Global Public Health, and SSM - Qualitative Research in Health.

Best Publications

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.

    Garcia-Moreno C;Pallitto C;Devries K;Stockl H

  • The Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

    K. M. Devries;Joelle Y. T. Mak;C. García-Moreno;M. Petzold

  • What Factors Are Associated With Recent Intimate Partner Violence? Findings From the WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence

    Tanya Abramsky;Charlotte H. Watts;Claudia Garcia-Moreno;Karen Devries

  • Intimate Partner Violence and Incident Depressive Symptoms and Suicide Attempts: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies

    Karen Devries;Joelle Mak;Loraine J Bacchus;Jennifer Christine Child

  • The global prevalence of intimate partner homicide: a systematic review.

    Heidi Stöckl;Karen Devries;Alexandra Rotstein;Naeemah Abrahams

  • Violence against women is strongly associated with suicide attempts: Evidence from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women

    Karen Devries;Charlotte Watts;Mieko Yoshihama;Ligia Kiss

  • Intimate partner violence during pregnancy: analysis of prevalence data from 19 countries

    Karen M. Devries;Sunita Kishor;Holly Johnson;Heidi Stöckl

  • Intimate partner violence victimization and alcohol consumption in women: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Karen M. Devries;Jennifer C. Child;Loraine J. Bacchus;Joelle Y. T. Mak

  • Findings from the SASA! Study: a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk in Kampala, Uganda

    Tanya Abramsky;Karen Devries;Ligia Kiss;Janet Nakuti

  • Worldwide prevalence of non-partner sexual violence: a systematic review

    Naeemah Abrahams;Karen Devries;Charlotte H. Watts;Christina Pallitto

  • Recent intimate partner violence against women and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

    Loraine J Bacchus;Meghna Ranganathan;Charlotte Watts;Karen Devries

  • Global differences between women and men in the prevalence of obesity: is there an association with gender inequality?

    F Garawi;K Devries;N Thorogood;R Uauy

  • Associations between intimate partner violence and health among men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ana Maria Buller;Karen M. Devries;Louise M. Howard;Loraine J. Bacchus

  • Childhood sexual abuse and suicidal behavior: a meta-analysis.

    Karen M Devries;Joelle Mak;Jennifer Christine Child;Gail Falder

  • The Good School Toolkit for reducing physical violence from school staff to primary school students: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Uganda

    Karen M Devries;Louise Knight;Jennifer C Child;BA Angel Mirembe

  • Who perpetrates violence against children? A systematic analysis of age-specific and sex-specific data

    Karen Devries;Louise Knight;Max Petzold;Katherine G. Merrill

  • Estimating the Effect of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Use of Contraception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Lauren Maxwell;Karen Devries;Danielle Zionts;Jeanne L. Alhusen

  • Burden attributable to child maltreatment in Australia

    Sophie E. Moore;James G. Scott;Alize J. Ferrari;Ryan Mills

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaye Wellings
Kaye Wellings London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Phil Edwards
Phil Edwards London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Graham Hart
Graham Hart University College London
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Heidi Stöckl
Heidi Stöckl University of London
Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Claudia Garcia-Moreno World Health Organization
Lori Heise
Lori Heise Johns Hopkins University
Naeemah Abrahams
Naeemah Abrahams South African Medical Research Council
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Janet Seeley
Janet Seeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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