Wendy Hovdestad

Biographic Data

ID5409892
NAMEWendy Hovdestad
GIVEN NAMESWendy
FAMILY NAMEHovdestad
SIGNATUREHOVDESTAD W
AFFILIATIONSPublic Health Agency of Canada
ORCID0000-0002-1988-6150
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Childhood Abuse Prevalence in Canada

    Open AccessBritt Mckinnon, Wendy Hovdestad et al.ARTICLEChild Indicators Research2025References: 1

    Reliable estimates of childhood abuse (CA) prevalence are essential for informing resource allocation and prevention strategies. While previous research has provided valuable insights, inconsistencies in definitions and data collection methods have hindered a clear understanding of prevalence patterns. Recent changes in Canadian surveys enable comparisons of self-reported CA data, offering insight into prevalence over time and across survey conte…

  • Testing for seasonality in Canadian child welfare investigations

    Open AccessMargot Shields, Lil Tonmyr et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2021References: 23

    The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) derives annual estimates of child maltreatment (CM) based on cases of CM reported to child welfare agencies in the fourth quarter (October, November, December) of the year the CIS is conducted. The present study investigates seasonal patterns of CM investigations and examines potential biases in CIS estimates that result from annual estimates based on quarter 4 (Q4) data. Seas…

  • Exposure to family violence from childhood to adulthood

    Open AccessMargot Shields, Lil Tonmyr et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    The association between CM and IPV in adulthood is particularly concerning because experiencing multiple forms of trauma has cumulative effects. Lifespan studies have shown that individuals who experience multiple incidents of abuse exhibit the highest levels of impairment. This underscores the importance of programs to eradicate both CM and IPV. This underscores the importance of programs to eradicate both CM and IPV. Future research should focu…

  • Childhood maltreatment as a risk factor for diabetes

    Open AccessMargot Shields, Margot E Shields et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    CPA and CSA are risk factors for diabetes. For the most part, associations between CPA and diabetes are mediated via risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Failure to consider severity and frequency of abuse may limit our understanding of the importance of CM as a risk factor for diabetes

  • Child Maltreatment Data in Canada

    Open AccessWendy Hovdestad, Lil TonmyrARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2012References: 2

  • Child maltreatment in Disney animated feature films

    Open AccessDavid Hubka, Wendy Hovdestad et al.ARTICLEThe Social Science Journal2009Cited by: 1References: 5

    The 45 fully animated, theatrical release feature films produced by Disney between 1937 and 2006 were analyzed for child maltreatment content. All child and adolescent characters were counted and coded for age, role type and incidents of child maltreatment, following US National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS) criteria. A total of 561 incidents of child maltreatment were identified among the 1369 child characters in the films. A …

  • Social Work and Child Maltreatment Intervention in Disney Animated Feature Films

    David Hubka, Lil Tonmyr et al.ARTICLEAustralian Social Work2009References: 3

    The 45 Disney animated feature films produced between 1937 and 2006 were analysed for representations of child maltreatment and child maltreatment interventions according to criteria set out in the US National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect. Although there are 263 maltreated child characters in 30 of the 45 films, they seldom show formal interventionists at work. The types of resolutions and interventions to child maltreatment in the …

  • Recovered Memories of Child Abuse

    Connie M Kristiansen, Kathleen A Felton et al.ARTICLEWomen & Therapy1996Cited by: 1References: 2

    In this paper we exemplify the ongoing and inconclusive nature of empirical research examining the validity of adults' recovered memories of childhood abuse. In view of increasing evidence that the processes underlying traumatic memories differ in fundamental ways from those underlying memories for nontraumatic events, experimental studies of everyday memory processes are likely to have little relevance for our understanding of the memory process…

  • Mind Meets Body

    Wendy Hovdestad, Wendy E Hovdestad et al.ARTICLEWomen & Therapy1996Cited by: 2

    There is compelling evidence that memory is multimodal, with an explicit information processing system of which we are consciously aware, and a parallel, implicit somatosensory system that operates without our awareness. Trauma causes alterations in the production and release of stress-responsive neurochemicals such as norepinephrine and the endogenous opioids, and extreme levels of these neurochemicals disrupt everyday, explicit information proc…