ArticleJournal of interpersonal violence2021
The Endemic Amid the Pandemic: Seeking Help for Violence Against Women in the Initial Phases of COVID-19.
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- In-Session Predictors of Treatment Outcome for Intimate Partner Violence: An Examination of Fathers for Change and Treatment as Usual.Traumatology · 2026Article
- What Matters in Help-Seeking and Disclosure Intent of Intimate Partner Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Similarities and Differences Across Demographic Groups.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Sexual and reproductive health consequences of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: an infodemiological survey.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Exploring how mothers with a history of intimate partner violence experienced the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Sexual Assault in the Context of Daily Level Changes in Socializing and Substance Use Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Psychology of violence · 2025Article
- The pandemic within a pandemic: mental health and wellbeing of racially Minoritised women experiencing domestic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- The Effect of Economic Reliance, Stress, and Women's Employment Status on Intimate Partner Violence Risk Among Partnered Women in Burkina Faso and Kenya.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- Reinventing Patient Support and Continuity of Care Using Innovative Physician-staffed Hotline: More than 60,000 Patients Served Across 15 Medical and Surgical Specialties During the First Wave of COVID-19 Lockdown in Qatar.Journal of medical systems · 2023Article
- Systematic Investigation of Meta-Analysis Data on Treatment Effectiveness for Physical, Psychological, and Sexual Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration.Psychosocial intervention · 2023Article
- The impact of stay-at-home orders on safety and stability for women: A topical review of intimate partner violence and intimate femicide in the United States during the initial phase of COVID-19.Journal of family violence · 2023Article
- Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health Symptoms, and Modifiable Health Factors in Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US.JAMA network open · 2023Observational
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- Presenting Methodological Resilience for Conducting Research with Vulnerable Populations During Current and Future Pandemics: A Case Study with IPV Shelters and Survivors in the United States.Journal of family violence · 2023Article
- Domestic abuse in the Covid-19 pandemic: measures designed to overcome common limitations of trend measurement.Crime science · 2023Article
- Changes in ambulance departures for assault calls during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.Aggressive behavior · 2023Article
- Racial Disparities in Crime Victimization during the COVID-19 Lockdown.American journal of criminal justice : AJCJ · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to and utilisation of services for sexual and reproductive health: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Biopsychosocial exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic and the relative risk of schizophrenia: Interrupted time-series analysis of a nationally representative sample.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2022Article
- Social Work Responses to Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences and Perspectives of Professionals at Women's Shelters in Sweden.Clinical social work journal · 2022Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare service access for the victims of sexual assault.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2021Article
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Abstract
During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments instituted a series of measures to control the spread of the virus. The measures were widely believed to increase women's risk of violent victimization, most of which is by an intimate partner. We examined help-seeking during this period in a large U.S. city and used an interrupted time series analysis to assess the effects of three government interventions on domestic violence and sexual assault hotline calls and on "911" calls regarding domestic violence, assault, and rape. Declaration of an emergency appeared to reduce victim calls to the rape crisis hotline and the few "911" calls about rape. School closure was associated with a reduction in "911" calls about assault and rape and victim calls to the domestic violence hotline. Implementation of stay-at-home orders was associated with a gradual increase in domestic violence hotline calls. Although "911" calls regarding assault fell by nearly half, calls to police for domestic violence were unchanged. In sum, there was a decrease in help-seeking for sexual assault and assault in general but not for domestic violence during the initial phases of the COVID-19 outbreak. The analysis underscores the importance of distinguishing between the violence itself, calls to police, and calls to helplines when claims are made about changes over time in violence against women. The opportunities and constraints for each can differ widely under usual circumstances, circumstances that were altered by public health interventions related to the pandemic.
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