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- Title
Recommendations for Canada’s National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence: perspectives from leaders, service providers and survivors in Canada’s largest city during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Authors
Yakubovich, Alexa R.; Steele, Bridget; Moses, Catherine; Tremblay, Elizabeth; Arcenal, Monique; O’Campo, Patricia; Mason, Robin; Du Mont, Janice; Huijbregts, Maria; Hough, Lauren; Sim, Amanda; Shastri, Priya
- Abstract
Introduction: The Canadian government has committed to a national action plan (NAP) to address violence against women (VAW). However, a formalized plan for implementation has not been published. Building on existing recommendations and consultations, we conducted the first formal and peer-reviewed qualitative analysis of the perspectives of leaders, service providers and survivors on what should be considered in Canada’s NAP on VAW. Methods: We applied thematic analysis to qualitative data from 18 staff working on VAW services (11 direct support, 7 in leadership roles) and 10 VAW survivor participants of a community-based study on VAW programming during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area (Ontario, Canada). Results: We generated 12 recommendations for Canada’s NAP on VAW, which we organized into four thematic areas: (1) invest into VAW services and crisis supports (e.g. strengthen referral mechanisms to VAW programming); (2) enhance structural supports (e.g. invest in the full housing continuum for VAW survivors); (3) develop coordinated systems (e.g. strengthen collaboration between health and VAW systems); and (4) implement and evaluate primary prevention strategies (e.g. conduct a gender-based and intersectional analysis of existing social and public policies). Conclusion: In this study, we developed, prioritized and nuanced recommendations for Canada’s proposed NAP on VAW based on a rigorous analysis of the perspectives of VAW survivors and staff in Canada’s largest city during the COVID-19 pandemic. An effective NAP will require investment in direct support organizations; equitable housing and other structural supports; strategic coordination of health, justice and social care systems; and primary prevention strategies, including gender transformative policy reform.
- Subjects
CANADA; ONTARIO; COVID-19 pandemic; VIOLENCE against women; INTERSECTIONALITY; PREVENTION; SOCIAL systems; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2023, Vol 43, Issue 4, p155
- ISSN
2368-738X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24095/hpcdp.43.4.01