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

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...

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Autor principal: Emezue, Chuka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7394520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32678797
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19831
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-73945202020-08-13 Digital or Digitally Delivered Responses to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 Emezue, Chuka JMIR Public Health Surveill Viewpoint 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. JMIR Publications 2020-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7394520/ /pubmed/32678797 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19831 Text en ©Chuka Emezue. Originally published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (http://publichealth.jmir.org), 30.07.2020. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://publichealth.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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Digital or Digitally Delivered Responses to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19
title Digital or Digitally Delivered Responses to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19
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title_fullStr Digital or Digitally Delivered Responses to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Digital or Digitally Delivered Responses to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19
title_short Digital or Digitally Delivered Responses to Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19
title_sort digital or digitally delivered responses to domestic and intimate partner violence during covid-19
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7394520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32678797
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19831
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