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COVID-19: urgency for distancing from domestic violence

BACKGROUND: Although COVID-19 is a major worldwide health threat, there is another global public health emergency that is becoming a growing challenge. Domestic violence is a public health and human rights issue that primarily affects women and children worldwide. Several countries have reported a s...

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Autores principales: Ertan, Deniz, El-Hage, Wissam, Thierrée, Sarah, Javelot, Hervé, Hingray, Coraline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7560728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1800245
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author Ertan, Deniz
El-Hage, Wissam
Thierrée, Sarah
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description BACKGROUND: Although COVID-19 is a major worldwide health threat, there is another global public health emergency that is becoming a growing challenge. Domestic violence is a public health and human rights issue that primarily affects women and children worldwide. Several countries have reported a significant increase in domestic violence cases since the COVID-19-induced lockdowns and physical distancing measures were implemented. The COVID-19 health crisis is exacerbating another pre-existing public health problem by increasing the severity and frequency of domestic violence, thus demonstrating the need to adopt significant and long-term measures. OBJECTIVE: Therefore, it is urgently necessary to promote and increase actions and policies to guarantee the safety and dignity of all victims of domestic violence worldwide. METHODS: This paper describes preventive measures and action plans to combat violence against women and children during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: The prevention of domestic violence must indeed be every government’s priority and every citizen’s responsibility.
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spelling pubmed-75607282020-10-26 COVID-19: urgency for distancing from domestic violence Ertan, Deniz El-Hage, Wissam Thierrée, Sarah Javelot, Hervé Hingray, Coraline Eur J Psychotraumatol Short Communication BACKGROUND: Although COVID-19 is a major worldwide health threat, there is another global public health emergency that is becoming a growing challenge. Domestic violence is a public health and human rights issue that primarily affects women and children worldwide. Several countries have reported a significant increase in domestic violence cases since the COVID-19-induced lockdowns and physical distancing measures were implemented. The COVID-19 health crisis is exacerbating another pre-existing public health problem by increasing the severity and frequency of domestic violence, thus demonstrating the need to adopt significant and long-term measures. OBJECTIVE: Therefore, it is urgently necessary to promote and increase actions and policies to guarantee the safety and dignity of all victims of domestic violence worldwide. METHODS: This paper describes preventive measures and action plans to combat violence against women and children during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: The prevention of domestic violence must indeed be every government’s priority and every citizen’s responsibility. Taylor & Francis 2020-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7560728/ /pubmed/33110483 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1800245 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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COVID-19: urgency for distancing from domestic violence
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7560728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1800245
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