What does this study add to the existing knowledge?
✅ Novel findings are that compared to identifying as heterosexual, sexual identity of homosexual, gay, or lesbian; bisexual; and other identity were associated with an increased likelihood of child maltreatment history, along with an increased likelihood of many poor mental health and substance use outcomes.
✅ Notably, more significant models were found for depression and anxiety and fewer for at-risk cannabis and at-risk alcohol use among this sample of emerging adults.
✅ Trends suggest that the association between sexual identity and poor mental health and substance use outcomes may be worsened in some cases if the individual also has a child maltreatment history.
Full study 👇
https://rdcu.be/edT4C

Our CARe team presenting at ISPCAN 2024 congress in Uppsala 🇸🇪:

✅ Child abuse trends in Canada: Comparisons of 2012 and 2022 provincial and national prevalence estimates and examining differences by age cohort, sex, and sexual identity.
✅ National Spanking Trends in Canada Across Different Generations
✅ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescents’ Subjective Well-being: Lessons learned from the
Youth Voices of the Well-being and Experiences Study
✅ Master Class: Writing, Reviewing and Editing for Journals in Child Abuse and Neglect. Dr. Tracie Afifi

👏 We are happy to announce that our project "Child Abuse, Sex, Gender Identity, Sexual Identity, Mental Health and Substance Use in Canada 🇨🇦 : A Nationally Representative Canadian Study" has been awarded 🏆 in the latest Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) project funding round.

We are pleased to share Dr. @TracieAfifi 🎦 for the 2023 UM Distinguished Alumni Award 🏆 for Academic Innovation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVmQKoy4yjA.

Tracie Afifi [BSc/99, MSc/03, PhD/09]
Named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada, this UM community health sciences professor created an innovative research program with global impact, aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect, fostering resilience, and improving mental health.

Our team presenting:

✅ The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on interpersonal relationships among adolescents with a child maltreatment history.
✅ ACEs, Child Maltreatment and Potentially Psychologically Traumatic Events (PPTE) among Cadets Entering the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Depot Program.
✅ The relationship between childhood adversity and resilience among RCMP Cadets: Evidence from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) study
✅ Examining the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Subjective Well-being among Adolescents: Implications for Informing Prevention and Intervention Strategies

Excited to strengthen our research capacity through our @care_research_rtp Research Training Platform’s first workshop.

Our team presenting at @ISPCAN congress in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿:
✅ Child Maltreatment History, Deployment-Related Traumatic Events, and Past 12-Month Cannabis Use among Veterans in Canada.
✅ Parenting Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Physical Punishment: A Scoping Review.
✅ “It’s not what you think”: Examining experiences of distress while conducting adverse childhood experiences research with adolescents.
✅ The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on interpersonal relationships among adolescents with a child maltreatment history.

We're glad to announce Dr. Afifi's 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th publication 👏 :
Afifi TO, Taillieu T, Salmon S, et al. Child Maltreatment History, Deployment-Related Traumatic Events, and Past 12-Month Cannabis Use Among Veterans in Canada. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2023;0(0).
Don't miss the full open-access article https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437231192740

This spring 🌸, the CARe team director, Dr. Professor @TracieAfifi and Dr. Professor @Astewarttufescu developed a new international partnership focused on #childrights and #childmaltreatment with Drs. Asher Ben-Arieh, Hanita Kosher, and Carmit Katz from the Haruv Institute and The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and McMaster University.

We invite you to read our new article: "Daily Survey Participation and Positive Changes in Mental Health Symptom Scores among Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cadets" Full open-access article 👇

Happy to announce our new Research Training Platform ‼️
The aim is to create a collaborative and sustainable network that will enhance impactful research and help to advance the field of child welfare, child maltreatment and family violence prevention in Canada. 🇨🇦
To learn more about the project and how to apply, please visit www.CAReRTP.ca.

The CARe research Team congratulates 👏 our director Dr.@TracieAfifi on her 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award for Academic Innovation!!