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"While children of all ages will be heading back to school in a few days, a new study from the Université de Montréal may encourage their parents to return to the classroom themselves ... at least for a few evenings! The results of a...

"Philadelphia police made 633 prostitution arrests in the first half of this year. Street prostitution and drug addiction tend to go hand in hand, but many prostitutes who get busted and put in mandatory drug treatment end up back on the streets....

"West Midlands Police has produced posters and billboards to educate people on the signs of abuse. "The force will also work more closely with schools, parents, carers, social services, charities and local authorities.... "Supt Bacon said victims were...

"Mothers who completed a mandatory community intimate-partner violence (IPV) program were less likely to be re-victimized and more likely to leave an abusive spouse or partner, say researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....

"Launched in 2013 by NCDVTMH, the Trauma-Informed Legal Advocacy (TILA) Project will offer a framework and practical skills for doing trauma-informed legal advocacy with survivors of domestic violence involved in legal or other systems. Designed for...

“Our families were hurting financially [even] before the economy tanked,” she says. “And people who are stressed out, have no place to live, have no transportation — stress comes out in some ugly ways sometimes on kids.”... "For the past two years, researchers from Washington State University have been in six elementary schools, training teachers and counselors to empathize and react to the traumatized minds of students. Through WSU’s instruction, teachers...

Abstract Lifecourse-informed models of health fundamentally challenge simple biomedical models, introducing new ways of thinking about how diseases develop. This paper considers the broad implications of lifecourse theory for the maternal and...

"It is too easy for convicted child sex offenders to move abroad and abuse children there, either while on holiday or while doing voluntary work, according to a new report. The Netherlands should therefore withdraw the passports of convicted...

"What would you do if someone threatened to kill your pet? For many of us, the  emotional bond is so strong that the question can’t be answered rationally. What  wouldn’t we do? "Sadly, this scenario isn’t a hypothetical....

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Abstract Background To analyse whether Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are associated with an increased   risk of cancer. Methods The National child development study (NCDS) is a prospective birth cohort study with   data...