At the invitation of the Ministry of Families, the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ) submitted a dissertation as part of the consultations for the development of the third concerted action plan to prevent and counter bullying and cyberbullying.
This consultation takes place in a context where the previous action plan which provides for supervision of bullying and cyberbullying will end on March 31, 2025.
Bullying, including cyberbullying, affects 12% of people aged 12 and over in Quebec. It represents a public health problem due to the number of people affected and the considerable impact on their physical, mental and psychosocial health.
In this report, the INSPQ proposes three areas of intervention:
- Fight against discrimination, for example by deploying public policies that reiterate the fact that discrimination is unacceptable in all environments.
- Support the development of the personal and social skills of children and young people, in particular by promoting concerted and structured actions to support children and young people in the development of these skills.
- Adopt and promote a concerted perspective on violence prevention, among other things, by targeting risk and protective factors likely to act globally on more than one type of violence at the same time and by supporting consultation at the national and regional levels and local.
The INSPQ highlights all the efforts devoted to this issue since the first concerted action plan to prevent and counter bullying and cyberbullying. He insists on the importance of continuing in this direction and paying particular attention to groups of people more likely to suffer from bullying or cyberbullying. Let us add that the continuation of surveillance activities, and particularly the renewal ofQuebec study on social relationships in a school, work and community context, are necessary conditions for the success of the initiatives that will result from this consultation.
View the brief here.
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