title: The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect: a partnership.
abstract: In the mid-1990s, Health Canada's Family Violence Prevention Unit commissioned a study to assess the possibility of collecting child maltreatment data from child welfare agencies across Canada. A Health Canada group responsible for maternal and child health surveillance built on the results of this study. This group consulted widely with provincial and territorial partners to build a surveillance system, resulting in a truly collaborative effort that led to the implementation of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS). This was a remarkable accomplishment considering the challenge of working with multiple partners, different legislative frameworks and the stigma that often accompanies the experience of child maltreatment.
authors.affiliation: Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tonmyr
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*