1. Objectifs

Intentions :
« The main objective of this report is to provide current data about violence in the Nunavik region of Québec, including rates of violence, the characteristics of victims and the nature of their relationships with their agressors. » (p. 3)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
521 Inuit households

Instruments :
Self-administered and interviewer-completed questionnaires

Type de traitement des données :
Statistical analysis

3. Résumé

This report presents data from the Nunavik Inuit Health Survey (2004). It « [...] provides for the first time major epidemiological data on the topic of violence in Nunavik. Among other characteristics, this study addresses a number of types of violence and contexts in which violence occurs (conjugal, family, etc.) Data also include both quantitative and qualitative information. » (p. 3) « Types of violence explored are physical violence and property offences. Suggestions made by the participants to prevent violence and to help victims and perpetrators are also presented. » (p. 3) Among other facts, the study reveals that « [...] for both men and women, the family is a non-negligible source of physical violence [...] » (p. 9), and stresses «[...] the lack of resources to separate victims from an aggressor in the same family [...]. » (p. 9)

Seventeen other fascicules presenting data from the Nunavik Inuit Health Survey are available, as well as a report on nutrition and a methodological report. The following fascicules are listed in Famili@:
- Rochette, L., D. St-Laurent, et al. (2007). Qanuippitaa? How Are We? Socio-demographic Portrait
- Dodin, S. and C. Blanchet (2007). Qanuippitaa? How are we? Women’s Health and Preventive Sexual Behaviour Among Men and Women
- Lavoie, F., S. Fraser, et al. (2007). Qanuippitaa? How are we? Prevalence and Nature of Sexual Violence in Nunavik
- Plante, C., C. Blanchet, et al. (2007). Qanuippitaa? How Are We? Iron Deficiency and Anemia Among Women in Nunavik

These documents are available online on the Institut national de santé publique du Québec’s website.