Violence prevention

The OPHA position papers, A Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention (1999) and Public Health and Violence Prevention- Maintaining the Momentum (2003) along with the Resolutions passed in 2003, 2004 and 2007 have provided OPHA a directional focus in working with multi sectoral partners in the area of violence prevention. [...] Member of the Neighbours, Friends and Families campaign which is a partnership between the Ontario government, Ontario Women’s Directorate and Expert Panel on Neighbours, Friends and Families, through the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against women and Children to develop a provincial campaign to raise awareness of woman abuse (2005 - ongoing). [...] The WHO’s World Report on Violence and Health (2002) and the subsequent document, Preventing violence: A guide to implementing the recommendations of the World report on violence and health (2004) is providing the framework for the development of a national violence prevention strategy in Canada. [...] The importance of considering a population health approach and the determinants of health and how they can contribute to risk factors and protective factors need to be addressed. [...] The Provincial government needs to support the enhanced documentation of the effects of violence on the population of the province, as it has with respect to cancer, tobacco, heart disease and stroke.