Prevention Nexus - Fall 2006

Vol. 2, Issue 1 - FALL, 2006

We are, all of us, inundated daily by news of devastation and tragedy—from tsunamis and earthquakes and diseases and drought, from armed conflict and from interpersonal violence. But this issue of Prevention Nexus focuses on the work that is being done to heal the wounds, to bridge the gaps, to foster prevention and to celebrate the resilient human spirit.

In This Issue:

• Comprehensive approach reduces risk of abuse
• Introducing the c.a.r.e. child safety program in French or English
• Violence in cyberspace, new patterns emerging
• Trends in Online Abuse
• Turning the Tables on Internet Child Sexual Exploitation—Paul Gillespie
• When disaster strikes the risk of abuse increases
• News in Prevention
• Study examines youth resiliency
• New tool in detecting emotional maltreatment
• High risk revealed in sexual abuse study in Chennai, India
• UN collects information for global study on violence against children
• Children’s exposure to domestic violence in Canada
• Sexual violence of youth in South Africa
• Resources
• Awareness and Prevention Calendar

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Prevention Nexus is produced by RespectED at the Canadian Red Cross

Judi Fairholm, National Director: Judi.Fairholm@redcross.ca
Tamara Wee, Editor: Tamara.Wee@redcross.ca

Posted September 6, 2006