scholarly journals The impact of COVID‐19 on the safety, housing stability, and mental health of unstably housed domestic violence survivors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Chiaramonte ◽  
Cortney Simmons ◽  
Noora Hamdan ◽  
Oyesola Oluwafunmilayo Ayeni ◽  
Gabriela López‐Zerón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Housing Stability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Domestic Violence Survivors

Brief Note: Exploratory Examination of How Race and Criminal Record Relate to Housing Instability Among Domestic Violence Survivors

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110426
Author(s):  
Jasmine Engleton ◽  
Cris M. Sullivan ◽  
Noora Hamdan
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Housing Instability ◽  
Criminal Record ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Housing Stability ◽  
Stable Housing ◽  
Domestic Violence Survivors ◽  
Latina Survivors

Housing instability is a critical concern in the United States, and domestic violence (DV) survivors are a group at high risk for experiencing housing instability or of becoming unhoused. Prior research has also identified having a criminal record (CR) as being a major barrier to obtaining stable housing, and this is truer for Black and Latinx people compared to their White counterparts. No study has examined whether comparable trends exist among survivors of DV, a group also at elevated risk of having a CR, sometimes related to their experience of abuse. The current exploratory study included 305 unhoused or unstably housed female DV survivors who had sought out DV support services. Multivariate regressions explored if survivor race and CR were separately linked to greater housing instability. CR was then explored as a potential moderator in the relation between race and housing instability. Results revealed that DV survivors with a CR faced greater housing instability than those without a CR, Black and Latina survivors experienced greater housing stability than did White survivors, and CR did not moderate the relation between race and housing instability. The racial differences were unexpected and are discussed in light of methodological limitations. This is the first study to date to explore the role of CR possession on housing instability for DV survivors.

scholarly journals What Impact Have SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 Pandemic on domestic violence against women in India across different states and union territories from the beginning of lockdown due to covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 till 20th September 2020? How Covid-19 pandemic induced lockdown influence mental health of women in India?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piyush Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Prime Concern ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Women In India

Abstract Background: The protection of women is of utmost importance and prime concern in India due to a huge population, equity issues, gender issues, lack of positive deviance at community level, illiteracy, socio-economic factors, migration from rural to urban areas, inaccessibility to legal help and of course many more factors. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had presented a challenge even for developed nations around the world regarding women’s protection in the ongoing pandemic era & especially in the lockdown period when it’s really difficult to go out and shout for help. Estimates published by WHO indicate that globally about 1 in 3 (30%) of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic and its social and economic impacts have increased the exposure of women to abusive partners and known risk factors, while limiting their access to services. Situations of humanitarian crises and displacement may exacerbate existing violence, such as by intimate partners, as well as non-partner sexual violence, and may also lead to new forms of violence against women.1 Objectives: The main aim of this research is to find out Impact of SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 Pandemic on domestic violence against women in India across different states and union territories from the beginning of lockdown due to covid-19 pandemic. Data from March 2020 till 20th September 2020 is available so the study will give detail for this period. Settings & Design: The month-wise and state-wise data indicating number of complaints registered with National Commission for Women in India(NCW) under two different categories in two different table 1 & 2 will be discussed and displayed. The period of study is from March 2020 to 20th september2020. Materials & Methodology: The press information bureau2, Government of India Ministry of Women and child development have publicly announced under the heading- Increase in domestic violence against women dated 22 Sep 2020. The data obtained is analysed by using Microsoft Office software. Result: Increase in domestic violence against women in India from March 2020 till 20th September 2020. See Figure 1:- comparison of number of cases of domestic violence to know the impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and lockdown situations in India.Conclusion: India should have various strategies to ensure safety of women and their mental health issues in such pandemic like situations. It seems that present laws and regulations are insufficient to give the desired results. The barriers of legal and protective system and delivery of helpful services etc. constraints should be rectified added with a proper dynamic plan to carry on usual women protection services even in pandemics and natural disasters. India needs to develop an exclusive plan to tackle such situations such as establishment of separate cadre of worker for women protection services. India is having a very huge population of women’s vulnerable to different kinds of violence so the Government must give top priority in making India a safe place for women’s. The domestic violence have a serious impact on mental health of women’s and their children especially in pandemic and lockdown situations in which its quite difficult to get help and relief.

Domestic violence survivors’ empowerment and mental health: Exploring the role of the alliance with advocates.

2016 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Goodman ◽  
Jennifer E. Fauci ◽  
Cris M. Sullivan ◽  
Craig D. DiGiovanni ◽  
Joshua M. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Domestic Violence Survivors

scholarly journals Linguistic analysis of online domestic violence testimonies in the context of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Buchner ◽  
Sharina Hamm ◽  
Barbara Medenica ◽  
Marc L. Molendijk
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Emotion Words ◽  
The Impact

Worldwide, an increase in cases and severity of domestic violence (DV) has been reported as a result of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. As one’s language can provide insight in one’s mental health, this study analyzed word use in a DV online support group, aiming to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on DV victims. Words reflecting social support and leisure activities were investigated as protective factors against linguistic indicators of depression. 5856 posts were collected from the r/domesticviolence subreddit and two neutral comparison subreddits (r/changemyview & r/femalefashionadvice). In the DV support group, the average number of daily posts increased significantly by 22% from pre-pandemic to mid-pandemic. Confirmatory analysis was conducted following a registered pre-analysis plan. DV victims used significantly more linguistic indicators of depression than individuals in the comparison groups. These linguistic indicators did not change with the onset of COVID-19. The use of negative emotion words was negatively related to the use of social support words (Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient [rho] = -.110) and words referring to leisure activities (rho = -.137). Pre-occupation with COVID-19 was associated with the use of negative emotion words (rho = .148).We conclude that language of DV victims is characterized by indicators of depression and this characteristic is stable over time. Concerns with COVID-19 could contribute to negative emotions, whereas social support and leisure activities could function to some degree as protective factors. A potential weakness of this study could be the limited ability of word count methods to assess the impact of stressors such as COVID-19. Future studies could make use of natural language processing and other advanced methods of linguistic analysis to learn about the mental health of DV victims.

scholarly journals Victims of Domestic Violence in Shelters: Impacts on Women and Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liria Fernández-González ◽  
Esther Calvete ◽  
Izaskun Orue ◽  
Alice Mauri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Emergency Shelter ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Type Of Abuse ◽  
Mother Child Relationship ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe aim of this study was to examine the impact of domestic violence (DV) on women and their children. The records of women who were admitted to one of two types of shelter (an emergency shelter [n = 834] and a medium-long stay shelter [n = 84]) for victims of DV in Bizkaia (Spain) from 2006–2015 were analyzed. The results showed that up to 80% of the women had mental health problems. In about 20% of cases, a problematic mother-child relationship was identified. Inadequate parenting was present in around 35% of cases. Around 80–90% of the children had witnessed the abuse suffered by their mother, and more than half had been direct victims of some type of abuse. The findings point to actions that shelters can take to address the needs of DV victims. They also highlight the need for separate interventions targeting the needs of children, as well as mothers.

The impact of childhood abuse history and domestic violence on the mental health of women in Japan

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeo Fujiwara ◽  
Makiko Okuyama ◽  
Mayuko Izumi ◽  
Yukiko Osada
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Abuse History ◽  
The Impact

The impact of an oral health program on domestic violence survivors within community shelters

2013 ◽  
Vol 144 (12) ◽  
pp. 1372-1378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen N. Abel ◽  
Vinodh Bhoopathi ◽  
Karen Herzig ◽  
Mairelina T. Godoy ◽  
Hendi Crosby Kowal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Program ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Domestic Violence Survivors
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