FIGURE 1. Flowchart for the systematic search of datasets and published literature presenting age-, sex-, and perpetrator-specific estimates of violence against children 0 – 19 years of age in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) from first record to December 2015.

Note: Boxes in white describe flow diagram for global systematic review of violence against children (15); boxes in grey are specific to this analysis for LAC. “Datasets” refers to a search of all relevant international datasets known to the authorship team. “Published literature” refers to the systematic review of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Global Health, and Web of Science. “Estimates” describe measures of prevalence of a type of violence specified by age, sex, and perpetrator.

Source: Prepared by the authors from the study results.