Exposure to intimate partner violence is common, but not inevitable. Research offers evidence on an early prevention program designed to make a difference for mothers and children commencing in pregnancy.
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Primary prevention is a crucial but underused component of a comprehensive public health approach to ending the opioid crisis — starting with children.
Awareness-raising alone is an ineffective solution to the breast cancer epidemic. We need more action on primary prevention to limit exposures to known and suspected breast carcinogens.
We need to stop violence against women before it starts. The federal government’s Fourth Action Plan might not provide all of the answers, but it’s a sign of positive progress.
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Canada Research Chair in Child Health Equity and Policy Tier II, Assistant Professor, Children's Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Professor Emerita of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Research Manager, Children’s Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Ph.D., Sociology/Social Justice, University of Windsor
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Distinguished University Professor (Emerita), Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, and of Pediatrics, McMaster University
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Adjunct Professor, Children's Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University