Intimate partner violence (IPV) is at epidemic levels across low-, middle-, and high-income countries, including Canada, where recent lifetime prevalence indicated that over 40% of women had IPV experiences. In response to this, Canada’s federal government has made investments toward IPV prevention and response. We conducted a scoping review of English and French literature identified through searches of multiple databases and specific journals to assess the current state of IPV research in Canada. A total of 267 articles met inclusion criteria of being peer-reviewed research primarily about IPV in either French or English published from 2020 to 2022 with at least one Canadian-affiliated author. Almost a third of studies described services for survivors but did not evaluate service effectiveness. We noted a significant gap in research on the IPV experiences of gender and/or sexual minorities. Canada’s federal social science research funding agency was the most common funder, with the two federal government departments with specific IPV funding initiatives in place cited as funding less than 6% of included studies. In general, there remains an overfocus on IPV epidemiology and on descriptions of service use, and not enough research examining the effectiveness and implementation of interventions, especially grounded in theoretical, gendered, and trauma- and violence-informed frameworks. Funders and researchers are encouraged to consider moving resources from ongoing description of well-established factors to assessment and implementation of evidence-informed interventions, and, crucially, primary prevention of IPV and all forms of gender-based violence.

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加拿大亲密伴侣暴力研究的范围审查


亲密伴侣暴力 （IPV） 在包括加拿大在内的低收入、中等收入和高收入国家处于流行水平，最近的终生患病率表明，超过 40% 的女性有 IPV 经历。为此，加拿大联邦政府对 IPV 预防和应对进行了投资。我们对通过搜索多个数据库和特定期刊确定的英语和法语文献进行了范围综述，以评估加拿大 IPV 研究的现状。2020 年至 2022 年期间，共有 267 篇文章符合纳入标准，主要是关于 IPV 的法语或英语同行评审研究，其中至少有一名加拿大作者。近三分之一的研究描述了为幸存者提供的服务，但没有评估服务的有效性。我们注意到在性别和/或性少数群体的 IPV 经历研究中存在重大差距。加拿大联邦社会科学研究资助机构是最常见的资助者，据称，两个联邦政府部门制定了具体的 IPV 资助计划，资助的纳入研究不到 6%。总的来说，仍然过度关注 IPV 流行病学和服务使用的描述，而没有足够的研究来检查干预措施的有效性和实施，特别是基于理论、性别以及创伤和暴力知情框架的研究。鼓励资助者和研究人员考虑将资源从持续描述的成熟因素转移到评估和实施循证干预措施，以及至关重要的 IPV 和所有形式的基于性别的暴力的一级预防。