Canada's family violence initiative: partnerships

Family limited partnerships preserve wealth.

Family violence.

Family violence occurs in many forms; the most prominent are domestic violence, child abuse, and elder abuse. Family violence affects many persons at some point in their life and constitutes the majority of violent acts in our society. Although there has been considerable study of the patterns, risk factors, and interventions for each form of family violence, great controversy still exists with...

The WHO simulation initiative: improving global health partnerships

Addressing the problem Health is unequivocally global. Increasing numbers of students and young professionals in health-allied fields are looking to collaborate and work beyond the confines of their national borders. National governments are committed to improving the health of people across the world, as outlined in an example document “Health is Global: a UK Government strategy 2008-2013” [1]...

Children Witnessing Family Violence

• Although family violence crosses all socio-demographic groups, there are some circumstances where violence occurs at higher rates. Households with older children, somewhat older parents, parental unemployment, low income, blended, step or single parent families, or a recent change in family structure had higher than average percentages of children exposed to adults or teenagers physically fig...

Intervention Following Family Violence

Objective: To provide the first nationally representative data on service contact, police or advocate best practices, and helpseeking obstacles for family violence that involved exposure to children. Method: A nationally representative sample of 517 family violence incidents drawn from the 4,503 respondents to the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence II. Results: A range of 10 bes...