Evidence review prevention of violence, abuse & neglect

Joshi, Pamela. (Added Author). British Columbia. Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport. (Added Author). British Columbia. Population and Public Health Division. (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author). Coherent Digital (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: "To address physical violence and abuse, the BC Ministry of Health commissioned this systematic review to determine how physical violence and abuse injuries may be reduced by utilizing primary prevention initiatives, within a public health model. The review focuses on the strength of evidence supporting which interventions have demonstrated effectiveness in the primary prevention of physical violence and abuse. The results of this review will be used to inform programming and planning for the primary prevention of physical violence and abuse by health authorities in BC"--P. i.

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Physical Description: 1 electronic text (iv, 96 p.) : ill., digital file.
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Publisher: [Victoria, B.C.] : Population and Public Health, BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, 2010

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General Note:	CatMonthString:january.23 Cover title. Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-50).
Formatted Contents Note:	Executive Summary -- 1.0 Overview/Setting the Context: 1.1 An Introduction to This Paper; 1.2 Background -- 2.0 Purpose: 2.1 Objectives; 2.2 Research Questions -- 3.0 Methods: 3.1 Search Strategy for Identification of Studies; 3.2 Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria; 3.3 Study Identification and Screening; 3.4 Quality Assessment; 3.5 Data Extraction; 3.6 Data Synthesis and Analysis; 3.7 Formulating Recommendations -- 4.0 Results: 4.1 Results Summary -- 5.0 Relevance of Evidence to Health Authorities: 5.1 Programming Activities; 5.2 Role of Primary Care Providers; 5.3 Surveillance Activities; 5.4 Secondary and Tertiary Prevention; 5.5 Collaboration and Coordination; 5.6 Knowledge Gaps; 5.7 Next Steps -- 6.0 Supplementary Evidence: 6.1 Strategies for Violence Prevention; 6.2 Preventing Child Maltreatment and Abuse -- References -- Appendices: 1 Mortality and Hospitalization Data; 2 Research Question Formulation; 3 Literature Search; 4 Review Literature Applicability Screen; 5 Literature Searching Results; 6 Synthesis of Results; 7 Committee Membership.
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Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by Canada Commons.