Violence can affect people of all ages and backgrounds. Violence includes:

• Abuse or neglect of children and youth
• Youth violence and bullying
• Cyberbullying 4
• Gender-based violence and sexual assault
• Intimate partner violence
• Workplace violence
• Violence in sports
• Elder abuse

BCIRPU is working in a number of areas to understand and prevent violence-related injuries and deaths.

Violence can be prevented. The World Health Organization lists four steps to stop violence:5

1. Define the problem
2. Identify causes and risk factors
3. Design and test interventions
4. Increase effective interventions

Watch for warning signs, know how to respond to someone disclosing abuse, find the tools to make a safety plan, and know how to get help.

• HelpGuide, Child Abuse and Neglect
• Canadian Red Cross, How to Respond to a Disclosure of Child Abuse or Neglect
• Gender-Based Violence, Sexual Assault, and Domestic Violence, Government of BC
• Canadian Centre for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
• Government of BC – Keeping Kids Safe
• VictimLinkBC hotline
• US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention: Help Young People Grow Up Violence-Free

Violence prevention resources specific for Indigenous peoples:

• KUU-US Crisis Services: The KUU-US Crisis line is available 24/7 to provide support to Indigenous people in BC.
• Vancouver Coastal Health First Nations ReAct (Elder Abuse Response)
• Delegated Aboriginal Agencies in BC

• Injury Insight: Overweight/Obesity and the Link to Bullying (April 2013)