CANADA
Winnipeg Free Press
By: Danelle Cloutier
Posted: 04/23/2014
Almost one-third of adult Canadians were abused as a child and many of them struggle with mental-health issues, according to a study led by a University of Manitoba professor.
Study lead and U of M professor Tracie Afifi said her findings that 32 per cent of adult Canadians have experienced child abuse is consistent with the rate of child abuse in other countries.
“I think people often don’t realize how prevalent child abuse is in Canada and that we really need to be investing in preventing child abuse from occurring,” said Afifi, an associate professor in the departments of community health sciences and psychiatry.
Afifi’s team of researchers from the University of Manitoba took data from more than 23,000 adults 18 and older from across Canada who participated in the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health.
Details of the study were released Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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