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The problem
Intervention: This is an observational study examining associations, not an intervention being tested. However, the findings inform the need for violence prevention strategies integrated with drought adaptation measures
Who it was tested with: 20,290 adolescents aged 13-24 years in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Lesotho.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"We combined violence victimisation and demographic data from 20,290 adolescents (aged 13-24 years) in the Violence Against Children Surveys from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Lesotho, between 2017 and 2019, with Standardised Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) drought data for corresponding years. Multivariate logistic regression models, controlling for sociodemographic factors, assessed associations between past-year drought exposure and violence against adolescents." The study design links objective drought measurements with documented violence exposure across a large, representative sample, strengthening the evidence for a climate-violence association in this region.
Cross-sectional design prevents causal inference; reliance on self-reported violence data; inability to assess the mechanisms through which drought increases violence risk; limited to three southern African countries during 2017-2019 period
Across countries and designs
18 studies · 17 countries
