Journal article

Priorities for research in child maltreatment, intimate partner violence and resilience to violence exposures: Results of an international Delphi consensus development process

CN Wathen, JCD MacGregor, J Hammerton, JH Coben, H Herrman, DE Stewart, HL MacMillan

BMC Public Health | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2012

Abstract

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM) are major global public health problems. The Preventing Violence Across the Lifespan (PreVAiL) Research Network, an international group of over 60 researchers and national and international knowledge-user partners in CM and IPV, sought to identify evidence-based research priorities in IPV and CM, with a focus on resilience, using a modified Delphi consensus development process. Methods. Review of existing empirical evidence, PreVAiL documents and team discussion identified a starting list of 20 priorities in the following categories: resilience to violence exposure (RES), CM, and IPV, as well as priorities that cross-cut..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by funds from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Gender and Health and Institute of Neurosciences Mental Health and Addictions (INMHA) (grant #: RDG99326). Nadine Wathen was supported by a CIHR New Investigator Award in Women's Health. Jen MacGregor was supported by a PreVAiL Post-doctoral Fellowship. Harriet MacMillan was supported by the David R. (Dan) Offord Chair in Child Studies. We thank PreVAiL members Gene Feder and Anita Gagnon for methodological advice, and the PreVAiL Advisory Committee for feedback.