The following resource is part of the Family Violence Initiative, funded by the RCMP. Find similar tools by searching for the FVIF tag or consult the list of available resources.
"This report explores how and why family violence is an important public health issue for Canadians and what can be done about it. Included in this report are the following sections:
- Impacts on Canadians explores the extent of family violence in Canada and its impacts on the health and well-being of Canadians.
- Influencing the risk for family violence examines various individual, family/social, community and societal factors that influence the risk for family violence.
- Life course perspective provides a snapshot of family violence over the lifespan by exploring child maltreatment, intimate partner violence and mistreatment of older adults.
- Preventing family violence looks at how approaches and practices are addressing family violence through primary prevention."
