scholarly journals Digital or Digitally Delivered Responses to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19

10.2196/19831 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. e19831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuka Emezue
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Critical Resource ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Digital Or ◽  
At Home

Before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), 1 in 3 women and girls, globally, were victimized by an abusive partner in intimate relationships. However, the current pandemic has amplified cases of domestic violence (DV) against women and girls, with up to thrice the prevalence in DV cases compared to the same time last year. Evidence of the adverse effects of the pandemic on DV is still emerging, even as violence prevention strategies are iteratively being refined by service providers, advocacy agencies, and survivors to meet stay-at-home mandates. Emotional and material support for survivors is a critical resource increasingly delivered using digital and technology-based modalities, which offer several advantages and challenges. This paper rapidly describes current DV mitigation approaches using digital solutions, signaling emerging best practices to support survivors, their children, and abusers during stay-at-home advisories. Some examples of technology-based strategies and solutions are presented. An immediate priority is mapping out current digital solutions in response to COVID-19–related DV and outlining issues with uptake, coverage, and meaningful use of digital solutions.

scholarly journals Digital or Digitally Delivered Responses to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuka Emezue
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Critical Resource ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Digital Or ◽  
At Home

UNSTRUCTURED Before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), 1 in 3 women and girls, globally, were victimized by an abusive partner in intimate relationships. However, the current pandemic has amplified cases of domestic violence (DV) against women and girls, with up to thrice the prevalence in DV cases compared to the same time last year. Evidence of the adverse effects of the pandemic on DV is still emerging, even as violence prevention strategies are iteratively being refined by service providers, advocacy agencies, and survivors to meet stay-at-home mandates. Emotional and material support for survivors is a critical resource increasingly delivered using digital and technology-based modalities, which offer several advantages and challenges. This paper rapidly describes current DV mitigation approaches using digital solutions, signaling emerging best practices to support survivors, their children, and abusers during stay-at-home advisories. Some examples of technology-based strategies and solutions are presented. An immediate priority is mapping out current digital solutions in response to COVID-19–related DV and outlining issues with uptake, coverage, and meaningful use of digital solutions.

scholarly journals Healthy People 2020 Objectives for Violence Prevention and the Role of Nursing

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Simon ◽  
Kimberly Hurvitz
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Youth Violence ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
The United States ◽  
Healthy People ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Healthy People 2020

Violence, including child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, is a significant public health problem in the United States. A public health approach can help providers understand the health burden from violence, evaluate evidence for prevention strategies, and learn where to turn for information about planning and implementing prevention strategies for this preventable problem. For the past three decades, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published “Healthy People” objectives for the next decade. The Healthy People 2020 initiative includes 13 measurable objectives related to violence prevention, one of which was selected as a Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicator. Progress to achieve these objectives can save thousands of lives, reduce the suffering of victims and their families, and decrease financial cost to the law enforcement and healthcare systems. The role that nurses can and do play in violence prevention is critical and extends beyond just caring for victims to also include preventing violence before it happens. This article summarizes the violence prevention objectives in Healthy People 2020 and the resources for prevention available to support nurses and others as they move prevention efforts forward in communities to stop violence before it starts.

scholarly journals Understanding and Addressing Women’s Use of Force in Intimate Relationships: A Retrospective

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Young Larance ◽  
Leigh Goodmark ◽  
Susan L. Miller ◽  
Shamita Das Dasgupta
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Heterosexual Relationships ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Legal Response ◽  
The Common ◽  
Experiences Of Women

This article surveys an evolving understanding of women’s use of force in their intimate heterosexual relationships. It explores the common characteristics of women who use force and, using an intersectional lens, considers the experiences of women in marginalized communities. It also examines how the legal response to intimate partner violence has affected this population. In addition, the development of and best practices in community-based gender-responsive programming for women’s use of force in their intimate heterosexual relationships are overviewed. In conclusion, this work identifies challenges that still exist in effectively responding to women’s use of force.

scholarly journals New WHO Violence Prevention Information System, an interactive knowledge platform of scientific findings on violence

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Burrows ◽  
Alexander Butchart ◽  
Nadia Butler ◽  
Zara Quigg ◽  
Mark A Bellis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Information System ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Youth Violence ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Knowledge Platform

Scientific information on violence can be difficult to compile and understand. It is scattered across websites, databases, technical reports and academic journals, and rarely addresses all types of violence. In response, in October 2017 WHO released the Violence Prevention Information System or Violence Info, an online interactive collection of scientific information about the prevalence, consequences, risk factors and preventability of all forms of interpersonal violence. It covers homicide, child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner violence, elder abuse and sexual violence.

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