An overview of child sexual abuse research conducted in low and middle income countries between 2011-2021

This is a scoping review of studies on child sexual abuse research conducted in low and middle-income countries between 2011 and 2021.

One hundred and ninety-four studies were included in this review. The majority of articles were epidemiological studies and the remaining articles included intervention studies, methodology and ethics work, and theory and frameworks articles. 

Most publications were based on research conducted in the Sub-Saharan Africa region and the fewest publications were from the East Asia and Pacific region.