Identification of priorities for multidisciplinary intersectoral research on violence against older women

Abstract

Sarah D Kosa,1,2 Sheila Macdonald,1 Maureen Etkin,3 Raeann Rideout,3 Janice Du Mont2,4 1Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatments Centres, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3Elder Abuse Ontario, Etobicoke, ON, Canada; 4Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaIt has been acknowledged globally and in Canada that to address the growing and significant health and social problem of violence against older women, it is essential that key stakeholders work collaboratively across sectors and disciplines to identify research priorities, as well as methodological approaches and potential challenges to consider in moving these priorities forward.1–3 To this end, we engaged leaders of professional health care associations, managers of health, social, and community services, government policymakers, and researchers in a two-step Delphi consensus process in Canada’s largest province, Ontario.4–6

Keywords

• ageing
• Delphi methods
• elder abuse
• healthcare
• research priorities
• women