The federal government is contributing almost $600,000 over three years to support an advocacy intervention program at the University of New Brunswick.
A research team with the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre in Fredericton will work on a 12-week program for older women who experience intimate partner violence.
The project will reach up to 60 women in all three Maritime provinces.
The team said tailored interventions will provide details about cycles of violence, community and legal resources along with developing goals and strategies for the future.
“UNB has been supporting collaborative, action-oriented research on family violence, like the AIM project, through the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research for 30 years,” noted Dr. David MaGee, UNB Vice-President Research.
“We are grateful to the Public Health Agency of Canada for funding this important research that seeks to improve the health of women in midlife and older who experience domestic and intimate partner violence through adapting and evaluating a new intervention program. The findings about the effectiveness of this innovative intervention will aid in further development, scale-up and spread of the program throughout the Atlantic region, creating positive change across our communities,” added MaGee.
“Family violence and gender-based violence are serious public health issues that are strongly linked to both physical and mental health concerns and can have long-lasting consequences for survivors and those around them,” said Jenica Atwin, MP for Fredericton.
“The Government of Canada will continue working to prevent family and gender-based violence, support survivors, and break the cycle of violence in families and communities from coast to coast to coast.”
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