TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - 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
JO  - Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada
A1  - Yakubovich, Alexa R.
A1  - Steele, Bridget
A1  - Moses, Catherine
A1  - Tremblay, Elizabeth
A1  - Arcenal, Monique
A1  - O'Campo, Patricia
A1  - Mason, Robin
A1  - Du Mont, Janice
A1  - Huijbregts, Maria
A1  - Hough, Lauren
A1  - Sim, Amanda
A1  - Shastri, Priya
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VL  - 43
IS  - 4
N2  - 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. <br><br>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). <br><br>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). <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 2368-738X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.43.4.01
ID  - ref1
ER  -