Disclosure of sexual assault

Highlights

  • Disclosing sexual assault is a complex and gradual process. It can occur in a variety of contexts and can be deliberate, spontaneous or accidental, especially in the case of children.
  • People who disclose sexual assault usually do so to someone close to them (e.g., family member, friend, intimate partner).
  • Few people report the event to the police or professional help services.

Receiving a disclosure of sexual assault

This text is intended to support people who receive - or who want to know what to do if they receive - a disclosure of sexual assault, whether made by a child or an adult. It provides information on how to receive a disclosure of sexual assault, and in no way replaces the expertise of counsellors and professionals working with victims of sexual assault.

If you are or have been a victim of sexual assault, we invite you to consult our Resources page.

Identifying food deserts

Being able to acquire nutritious food close to where one lives is considered a key factor in healthy eating. Identifying areas where geographical access to nutritious food is poor enables us to act in these areas.

Definitions

Area with low access to nutritious foods: an area where the average distance between home and the nearest store offering nutritious foods is one kilometre or more in urban areas or sixteen kilometres or more in rural areas.1

About the toolbox

This toolbox provides public health professionals and other interested parties with the tools used in the EffICAS study. These can help draw up a diagnostic portrait of food access and evaluate the process of establishing food co-ops, as well as their effects, in order to facilitate evaluation in this field.

The toolbox was funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada, as part of the Promoting Health Equity: Intersectoral Action on the Social Determinants of Health program.

Learn more about the EffICAS study

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