Anyone can be sexually assaulted during his or her lifetime. However, children and young people with certain characteristics account for a larger share of sexual abuse victims. Few factors have as yet been clearly identified by researchers as increasing the risk that a child or a young person will be sexually abused. However, it is well known that a child or young person’s…
Anyone can be sexually assaulted during his or her lifetime. However, adults with certain characteristics account for a larger share of sexual assault victims. The risk factors associated with being sexually assaulted during adulthood have been studied primarily for female victims and are related to a wide range of sexual assault situations, including intimate partner sexual assault in a…
There are many factors that can lead a person to commit sexual assault. Most cases of sexual assault are symptomatic, at the individual level, of various unfulfilled needs, traumatic situations or events, and general development problems.
The standardized analysis requisition forms for samples sent to the CTQ are intended for use by healthcare institutions in Quebec and other provinces.
This issue addresses early childhood and child development, cultural safety and promotion of wellbeing and mental health.
This section focuses on the prevention and control of infections transmitted in healthcare and living environments.
In Québec, the deprivation index was created first and foremost to overcome the lack of socioeconomic data in most administrative databases. Developing an ecological proxy was the only way to monitor social inequalities related to important health issues such as mortality, hospitalization and the use of health services.
This knowledge synthesis was prepared at the request of the Ministry of Health and Social Services and funded under the Indigenous health agreement. It follows from an update to the Stratégie gouvernementale pour l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes (gender equality strategy) drawn up by the Secrétariat à la condition féminine du Québec in response to a guideline calling for the promotion…
Indigenous Health Research Monitoring, January 2024
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