Tonia Forte

Biographic Data

ID6071336
NAMETonia Forte
GIVEN NAMESTonia
FAMILY NAMEForte
SIGNATUREFORTE T
AFFILIATIONSWomen's College Hospital
ORCID0009-0000-2330-1867
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX2

  • Perceived discrimination and self-rated health in Canada: An exploratory study

    Open AccessJanice Du Mont, Tonia ForteARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Our main findings indicate that perceived discrimination based on physical appearance and disability may have an adverse impact on health. The results highlight the need for a comprehensive approach to improving health outcomes that should include policies that are targeted against specific types of discrimination

  • Intimate partner violence among women with mental health-related activity limitations: A Canadian population based study

    Open AccessJanice Du Mont, Tonia ForteARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Findings suggest that women with mental health-related ALs may be at increased risk of IPV. Health and social service providers may need, therefore, to better target prevention and intervention initiatives to this population

  • Help-Seeking Behavior for Intimate Partner Violence among Racial Minority Women in Canada

    Open AccessIlene Hyman, Tonia Forte et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2009

  • Who Is Most at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence?: A Canadian Population-Based Study

    Open AccessSarah Romans, Tonia Forte et al.ARTICLEJournal of Interpersonal Violence2007

    Whole population studies on intimate partner violence (IPV) have given contradictory information about prevalence and risk factors, especially concerning gender. The authors examined the 1999 Canadian General Social Survey data for gender patterns of physical, sexual, emotional, or financial IPV from a current or ex-partner. More women (8.6%) than men (7.0%, p = .001) reported partner physical abuse in general, physical IPV causing physical injur…

  • Help-Seeking Rates for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Canadian Immigrant Women

    Ilene Hyman, Tonia Forte et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2006

    We examined rates of help seeking for intimate partner violence (IPV) among recent (0-9 years in Canada) and non-recent (10+ years in Canada) immigrant women. Data from a national, cross-sectional, telephone survey were used. Help-seeking variables included disclosure of IPV, reporting IPV to police, use of social services subsequent to IPV, and barriers to social service use. Recent immigrant women, compared with non-recent immigrant women, were…

  • The Association Between Length of Stay in Canada and Intimate Partner Violence Among Immigrant Women

    Ilene Hyman, Tonia Forte et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2006Cited by: 8References: 25

    Objective. We examined the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among recent (0–9 years) and nonrecent (≥ 10 years) immigrant women in Canada to determine whether differences in IPV were associated with length of stay in Canada. Methods. We analyzed data from the 1999 General Social Survey, a national cross-sectional telephone survey. We used weighted logistic regression analysis to examine the effect of length of stay in Canada on IPV a…

  • Intimate partner violence among Canadian women with activity limitations

    Marsha M Cohen, Tonia Forte et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2005Cited by: 3References: 12

    Objective: To determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the previous five years among women reporting activity limitations (AL). Design and setting: A community based, representative telephone survey of Canadians aged 15 and over. AL was assessed by the question: “Does a long term physical or mental condition or health problem reduce the amount or the kind of activity that you can do at home, at school, at work or in other ac…