C. Watts

Most-cited papers

1. 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

   M. Forouzanfar, Lily T. Alexander, H. R. Anderson, Victoria F. Bachman +496 more

   2015The Lancet1,491 citations Open access

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2. Prevention of violence against women and girls: what does the evidence say?

   M. Ellsberg, D. Arango, M. Morton, F. Gennari +3 more

   2015The Lancet750 citations Open access

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3. Intimate partner violence victimization and alcohol consumption in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

   K. Devries, J. C. Child, L. Bacchus, J. Mak +4 more

   2014Addiction515 citations

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4. 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

   T. Abramsky, K. Devries, L. Kiss, J. Nakuti +8 more

   2014BMC Medicine479 citations Open access

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5. Addressing violence against women: a call to action.

   C. Garcia-Moreno, Cathy Zimmerman, Alison Morris-Gehring, L. Heise +6 more

   2015The Lancet400 citations

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

   L. Bacchus, Meghna Ranganathan, C. Watts, K. Devries

   2018BMJ Open393 citations Open access

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7. Defeating AIDS--advancing global health.

   P. Piot, S. Abdool Karim, R. Hecht, H. Legido-Quigley +11 more

   2015The Lancet265 citations

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8. Childhood Sexual Abuse and Suicidal Behavior: A Meta-analysis

   K. Devries, J. Mak, J. C. Child, Gail Falder +3 more

   2014Pediatrics214 citations

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

   K. Devries, L. Knight, J. C. Child, A. Mirembe +10 more

   2015Lancet Global Health202 citations Open access

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10. Transactional sex and risk for HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    J. Wamoyi, Kirsten Stobeanau, N. Bobrova, T. Abramsky +1 more

    2016Journal of the International AIDS Society191 citations Open access

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

    K. Devries, L. Knight, M. Petzold, Katherine G. Merrill +15 more

    2018BMJ Paediatrics Open174 citations Open access

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12. Prevalence of intimate partner violence and abuse and associated factors among women enrolled into a cluster randomised trial in northwestern Tanzania

    S. Kapiga, S. Harvey, A. Muhammad, H. Stöckl +5 more

    2017BMC Public Health153 citations Open access

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13. What works to prevent violence against women and girls? Evidence Review of approaches to scale up VAWG programming and assess intervention cost-effectiveness and value for money

    M. Remme, C. Michaels-Igbokwe, C. Watts

    2014121 citations

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14. The impact of SASA!, a community mobilisation intervention, on women's experiences of intimate partner violence: secondary findings from a cluster randomised trial in Kampala, Uganda

    T. Abramsky, K. Devries, L. Michau, J. Nakuti +3 more

    2016Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health113 citations Open access

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15. Young women’s perceptions of transactional sex and sexual agency: a qualitative study in the context of rural South Africa

    Meghna Ranganathan, C. MacPhail, A. Pettifor, K. Kahn +4 more

    2017BMC Public Health104 citations Open access

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16. Ecological pathways to prevention: How does the SASA! community mobilisation model work to prevent physical intimate partner violence against women?

    T. Abramsky, K. Devries, L. Michau, J. Nakuti +4 more

    2016BMC Public Health103 citations Open access

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17. Men's and women's experiences of violence and traumatic events in rural Côte d'Ivoire before, during and after a period of armed conflict

    Mazeda Hossain, Cathy Zimmerman, L. Kiss, D. Koné +4 more

    2014BMJ Open102 citations Open access

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18. Transactional sex among young women in rural South Africa: prevalence, mediators and association with HIV infection

    Meghna Ranganathan, L. Heise, A. Pettifor, R. Silverwood +9 more

    2016Journal of the International AIDS Society94 citations Open access

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19. Correlates of school dropout and absenteeism among adolescent girls from marginalized community in north Karnataka, south India.

    R. Prakash, Tara S. Beattie, Prakash Javalkar, P. Bhattacharjee +10 more

    2017Journal des adolescens93 citations Open access

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20. A social empowerment intervention to prevent intimate partner violence against women in a microfinance scheme in Tanzania: findings from the MAISHA cluster randomised controlled trial.

    S. Kapiga, S. Harvey, G. Mshana, C. Hansen +8 more

    2019Lancet Global Health92 citations Open access

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21. Witnessing intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in Ugandan children: a cross-sectional survey

    K. Devries, L. Knight, J. C. Child, N. Kyegombe +4 more

    2017BMJ Open92 citations Open access

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22. The barriers and enablers to education among scheduled caste and scheduled tribe adolescent girls in northern Karnataka, South India: A qualitative study

    Lalitha Bhagavatheeswaran, Sapna G. Nair, H. Stone, S. Isac +10 more

    201692 citations Open access

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23. ‘SASA! is the medicine that treats violence’. Qualitative findings on how a community mobilisation intervention to prevent violence against women created change in Kampala, Uganda

    N. Kyegombe, Elizabeth Starmann, K. Devries, L. Michau +4 more

    2014Global Health Action92 citations Open access

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24. Financing structural interventions: going beyond HIV-only value for money assessments

    M. Remme, A. Vassall, B. Lutz, J. Luna +1 more

    2014AIDS (London)74 citations Open access

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25. Child homicide perpetrators worldwide: a systematic review

    H. Stöckl, B. Dekel, Alison Morris-Gehring, C. Watts +1 more

    2017BMJ Paediatrics Open68 citations Open access

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26. Community mobilization and empowerment of female sex workers in Karnataka State, South India: associations with HIV and sexually transmitted infection risk.

    Tara S. Beattie, H. L. Mohan, P. Bhattacharjee, S. Chandrashekar +9 more

    2014American Journal of Public Health67 citations Open access

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27. Associations Between Women’s Economic and Social Empowerment and Intimate Partner Violence: Findings From a Microfinance Plus Program in Rural North West Province, South Africa

    Meghna Ranganathan, L. Knight, T. Abramsky, Lufuno Muvhango +5 more

    2019Journal of Interpersonal Violence65 citations Open access

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28. Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour among men and women in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa

    B. Bello, H. Moultrie, A. Somji, M. Chersich +2 more

    2017BMC Public Health65 citations Open access

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29. The social context of gender-based violence, alcohol use and HIV risk among women involved in high-risk sexual behaviour and their intimate partners in Kampala, Uganda

    J. Schulkind, M. Mbonye, C. Watts, J. Seeley

    2016Culture, Health and Sexuality61 citations Open access

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30. Preventing violence against women and girls in conflict.

    Mazeda Hossain, Cathy Zimmerman, C. Watts

    2014The Lancet56 citations

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31. Agenda setting and framing of gender-based violence in Nepal: how it became a health issue.

    M. Colombini, S. Mayhew, B. Hawkins, M. Bista +3 more

    2016Health Policy and Planning55 citations Open access

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32. Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress among 13–14 year old adolescent girls in North Karnataka, South India: a cross-sectional study

    Tara S. Beattie, R. Prakash, April Mazzuca, Leslie Kelly +8 more

    2019BMC Public Health53 citations Open access

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33. The Link Between Community-Based Violence and Intimate Partner Violence: the Effect of Crime and Male Aggression on Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

    L. Kiss, L. Schraiber, Mazeda Hossain, C. Watts +1 more

    2015Prevention Science53 citations Open access

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34. Declines in violence and police arrest among female sex workers in Karnataka state, south India, following a comprehensive HIV prevention programme

    Tara S. Beattie, P. Bhattacharjee, S. Isac, H. L. Mohan +6 more

    2015Journal of the International AIDS Society53 citations Open access

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35. Exploring opportunities for coordinated responses to intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in low and middle income countries: a scoping review

    L. Bacchus, M. Colombini, Manuel Contreras Urbina, Emma Howarth +6 more

    2017Psychology, Health & Medicine50 citations Open access

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36. Exploring Couples’ Processes of Change in the Context of SASA!, a Violence Against Women and HIV Prevention Intervention in Uganda

    Elizabeth Starmann, M. Collumbien, N. Kyegombe, K. Devries +4 more

    2016Prevention Science50 citations Open access

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37. Examining diffusion to understand the how of SASA!, a violence against women and HIV prevention intervention in Uganda

    Elizabeth Starmann, L. Heise, N. Kyegombe, K. Devries +5 more

    2018BMC Public Health49 citations Open access

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38. Financing the HIV response in sub-Saharan Africa from domestic sources: Moving beyond a normative approach.

    M. Remme, M. Siapka, O. Sterck, Mthuli Ncube +2 more

    2016Social Science & Medicine (1967)46 citations Open access

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39. The Samata intervention to increase secondary school completion and reduce child marriage among adolescent girls: results from a cluster-randomised control trial in India

    R. Prakash, Tara S. Beattie, Prakash Javalkar, P. Bhattacharjee +11 more

    2019Journal of Global Health43 citations Open access

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40. Supporting adolescent girls to stay in school, reduce child marriage and reduce entry into sex work as HIV risk prevention in north Karnataka, India: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

    Tara S. Beattie, P. Bhattacharjee, S. Isac, C. Davey +9 more

    2015BMC Public Health43 citations Open access

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41. The cost and cost-effectiveness of gender-responsive interventions for HIV: a systematic review

    M. Remme, M. Siapka, A. Vassall, L. Heise +4 more

    2014Journal of the International AIDS Society43 citations Open access

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42. What is the potential for interventions designed to prevent violence against women to reduce children's exposure to violence? Findings from the SASA! study, Kampala, Uganda.

    N. Kyegombe, T. Abramsky, K. Devries, L. Michau +5 more

    2015International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect41 citations Open access

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43. The cost-effectiveness of 10 antenatal syphilis screening and treatment approaches in Peru, Tanzania, and Zambia

    F. Terris-Prestholt, P. Vickerman, S. Torres-Rueda, N. Santesso +12 more

    2015International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics40 citations Open access

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44. The impact of HIV/SRH service integration on workload: analysis from the Integra Initiative in two African settings

    S. Sweeney, C. Obure, F. Terris-Prestholt, Vanessa Darsamo +7 more

    2014Human Resources for Health39 citations Open access

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45. ‘It’s because I like things… it’s a status and he buys me airtime’: exploring the role of transactional sex in young women’s consumption patterns in rural South Africa (secondary findings from HPTN 068)

    Meghna Ranganathan, L. Heise, C. Macphail, H. Stöckl +6 more

    2018Reproductive Health36 citations Open access

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46. The Costs of Delivering Integrated HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health Services in Limited Resource Settings

    C. Obure, S. Sweeney, Vanessa Darsamo, C. Michaels-Igbokwe +9 more

    2015PLoS ONE35 citations Open access

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47. Community Mobilisation and Empowerment Interventions as Part of HIV Prevention for Female Sex Workers in Southern India: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    A. Vassall, S. Chandrashekar, M. Pickles, Tara S. Beattie +8 more

    2014PLoS ONE35 citations Open access

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48. When are declines in condom use while using PrEP a concern? Modelling insights from a Hillbrow, South Africa case study

    Hannah Grant, Z. Mukandavire, R. Eakle, H. Prudden +3 more

    2017Journal of the International AIDS Society32 citations Open access

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49. Ending violence in childhood: a global imperative

    A. K. Shiva Kumar, V. Stern, R. Subrahmanian, L. Sherr +6 more

    2017Psychology, Health & Medicine32 citations Open access

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50. Factors affecting adherence to short-course ARV prophylaxis for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a review and lessons for future elimination

    M. Colombini, H. Stöckl, C. Watts, Cathy Zimmerman +2 more

    2014AIDS Care31 citations

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