What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Law
- Public health
- Mental health
Her primary scientific interests are in Domestic violence, Suicide prevention, Injury prevention, Occupational safety and health and Demography.
A majority of her Domestic violence research is a blend of other scientific areas, such as Psychiatry, Cross-sectional study, Public health and Sexual violence.
She conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Suicide prevention and Environmental health through her research.
Her Environmental exposure study in the realm of Environmental health interacts with subjects such as Quality-adjusted life year and Unsafe Sex.
Her Mental health study incorporates themes from Research methodology and Clinical psychology.
Her Gerontology research covers fields of interest such as Risk factor, Risk assessment and Years of potential life lost.
Her most cited work include:
- 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 (7776 citations)
- 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 (4452 citations)
- 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 (1308 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Karen Devries focuses on Domestic violence, Psychological intervention, Suicide prevention, Injury prevention and Psychiatry.
Her research integrates issues of Intervention, Social psychology, Public health and Family medicine in her study of Psychological intervention.
Her Public health research includes elements of Gerontology and Environmental health.
Her research brings together the fields of Relative risk and Environmental health.
Her work on Child abuse and Physical abuse as part of general Suicide prevention study is frequently linked to Occupational safety and health, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.
Her Psychiatry study deals with Sexual violence intersecting with Systematic review.
She most often published in these fields:
- Domestic violence (33.06%)
- Psychological intervention (29.03%)
- Suicide prevention (28.23%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Child abuse (18.55%)
- Family medicine (16.13%)
- Suicide prevention (28.23%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Karen Devries spends much of her time researching Child abuse, Family medicine, Suicide prevention, Psychological intervention and Domestic violence.
She focuses mostly in the field of Family medicine, narrowing it down to topics relating to Intervention and, in certain cases, Reproductive health.
Her Suicide prevention study combines topics in areas such as Injury prevention and Human factors and ergonomics.
Her work deals with themes such as Psychological resilience, Public health and Classroom management, which intersect with Psychological intervention.
Her study on Physical abuse is often connected to Sexual violence, Clinical psychology, Adolescent health and Cohort as part of broader study in Domestic violence.
Karen Devries interconnects Global health, Nursing and Discipline in the investigation of issues within Occupational safety and health.
Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Violence against children and natural disasters: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative evidence (12 citations)
- Violence against children in Latin America and the Caribbean: What do available data reveal about prevalence and perpetrators? (7 citations)
- Children's and Caregivers' Perspectives About Mandatory Reporting of Child Maltreatment: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies (7 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Public health
- Health care
Karen Devries mainly focuses on Injury prevention, Domestic violence, Clinical psychology, Human factors and ergonomics and Child abuse.
Her Injury prevention study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Suicide prevention.
Her Domestic violence investigation overlaps with other areas such as Biostatistics and Mental distress.
Her studies deal with areas such as Systematic review, Dyad and Public health as well as Clinical psychology.
Her Human factors and ergonomics investigation overlaps with Economic impact analysis, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, Demographic economics, Occupational safety and health and Discipline.
Her study in the field of Physical abuse also crosses realms of Sexual violence, Adolescent health and Demography.
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