BMJ Paediatrics Open Publishes Global Prevalence Study on Child Sexual Abuse and Key Contributing Factors

BMJ Paediatrics Open published a systematic review in April 2026 exploring global prevalence estimates of child sexual abuse and the multifactorial socioecological drivers that underpin it. The Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit and University of Oxford analysis, accepted in March 2026, synthesises international evidence on the layered and context-dependent nature of CSA, arguing that effective intervention requires analysis of the contributing factors rather than response after the fact.

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