November is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. ICYMI: The 'Shadow Pandemic': covid19 created more barriers to getting help after domesticabuse, report finds. – via healthing_ca domesticshelter domesticviolence healthing healthnews
We are failing to protect youths’ right to be safe in their relationships.
Researchers from the University of Toronto and Wilfred Laurier University interviewed 24 women on their experiences with intimate partner violence during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cohort of interviewees included survivors, service providers, directors of service organizations and union representatives of these organizations.
While the pandemic increased the incidence and severity of domestic violence, it also made recovery more difficult, researchers found, especially after incidence of a brain injury due to violence. Survivors interviewed during the study reported increased experience of isolation and loneliness, as well as hesitancy in seeking out healthcare while COVID cases in hospitals were high. Reduced shelter capacity and increased barriers to entry also made getting to safety difficult.
Service workers identified a need for increased access to tech devices, as many services going virtual meant access to a computer or smart phone were integral to getting care. Increased outreach and communications to the general community were also paramount, including communicating that shelters had not closed during the pandemic.
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