Exposure to family violence from childhood to adulthood.

Background: Both childhood maltreatment (CM) and intimate partner violence (IPV) are public health problems that have been related to a wide range of adverse health consequences. However, studies examining associations between specific types of CM and experiencing IPV in adulthood have yielded conflicting results.

Methods: Using data from 10,608 men and 11,458 women aged 18 or older from Canada's 2014 General Social Survey, we examined associations between three types of CM-childhood physical abuse (CPA), childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and childhood exposure to IPV -and subsequent intimate partner violence (IPV) in adulthood (physical, sexual or emotional).

Childhood maltreatment as a risk factor for cancer: findings from a population-based survey of Canadian adults.

Background: Childhood maltreatment (CM) is an established risk factor for various mental and substance use disorders. This study adds to existing evidence that CM may also be a risk factor for cancer.

Methods: Based on data from a sample of 9783 men and 12,132 women from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health (CCHS-MH), this analysis explores mediated associations between cancer in adulthood and different levels of exposure to three types of CM-childhood physical abuse (CPA), childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (CEIPV).

The Decline of Child Sexual Abuse in Canada: Evidence From the 2014 General Social Survey.

Objective: To provide evidence of trends in child sexual abuse (CSA) in Canada.

Methods: Using data from 15,801 males and 18,669 females who responded to the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS), we compared the prevalence of CSA by age cohorts. Age cohort patterns were examined for several sub-populations including males, females, Indigenous peoples, and people living in low-income households.

Childhood Maltreatment as a Risk Factor for Arthritis: Findings From a Population-Based Survey of Canadian Adults.

Objective: To establish whether there is a relationship between the frequency and severity of different types of childhood maltreatment and adulthood arthritis.

Methods: Analysis of the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health included 21,889 respondents ages ≥18 years. Severity and frequency of childhood physical abuse (CPA), and childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and the frequency of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (CEIPV) were assessed by asking about "things that may have happened to you before you were 16 in your school, in your neighborhood, or in your family.

Does mandatory reporting legislation increase contact with child protection? - a legal doctrinal review and an analytical examination.

Background: Within Canadian provinces over the past half-century, legislation has been enacted to increase child protection organization (CPO) involvement in situations of child maltreatment (CM). This study had two objectives: 1) to document enactment dates of legislation for mandatory reporting of CM; 2) to examine reported CPO involvement among people reporting a CM history in relation to the timing of these legislative changes.

Methods: The history of mandatory reporting of CM was compiled using secondary sources and doctrinal legal review of provincial legislation.

Childhood maltreatment as a risk factor for COPD: findings from a population-based survey of Canadian adults.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the associations between childhood maltreatment (CM) and COPD in adulthood.

Methods: Data were from 15,902 respondents to the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health. Multiple logistic regression models were used to examine associations between CM and COPD and the role of smoking and mental and substance use variables as mediators in associations.

Childhood maltreatment as a risk factor for diabetes: findings from a population-based survey of Canadian adults.

Background: It is well established that childhood maltreatment (CM) is a risk factor for various mental and substance use disorders. To date, however, little research has focused on the possible long-term physical consequences of CM. Diabetes is a chronic disease, for which an association with CM has been postulated.

Commentary on Canadian child maltreatment data.

The issue of how to best collect child maltreatment data is a key concern within the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). We argue that maltreatment data can be collected from children, adolescents, and parents with approaches that are accurate, methodologically robust, legal, and ethical. It has been done in other countries.

Anxiety and/or depression in 10-15-year-olds investigated by child welfare in Canada.

Purpose: To examine five types of child maltreatment and other risk correlates to establish associations with anxiety and/or depression confirmed or suspected in children investigated by child welfare services.

Methods: The present study used the data of a subsample of 10-15-year-olds (n = 4,381) investigated by child welfare services across Canada obtained from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2003. The analysis took into account the nested structure of the data by considering the variability existing among families and the clustering of siblings within them.

Policy makers' perspectives on the utility of a national study of child maltreatment.

Reliable national child maltreatment data are needed for developing and modifying policies aimed at preventing child maltreatment and helping child victims of maltreatment. Health Canada hosted a daylong forum in 2002 to solicit feedback from senior Government of Canada policy and program officials involved in child welfare programs and research in regard to the data collected in the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS). This article reviews the discussions and debates regarding the utility of the CIS data for government policy makers and reflects on the implications for surveillance and knowledge in the area of child maltreatment.