Domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic-Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis

AR Piquero, WG Jennings, E Jemison… - Journal of criminal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this review was to estimate the effect of COVID-19-related restrictions
(ie, stay at home orders, lockdown orders) on reported incidents of domestic violence …

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the precipitation of intimate partner violence

DN Moreira, MP Da Costa - International journal of law and psychiatry, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a global pandemic and many have been victims
of it long before Covid-19. International organizations have documented an increase in IPV …

Immediate impact of stay-at-home orders to control COVID-19 transmission on socioeconomic conditions, food insecurity, mental health, and intimate partner violence …

JD Hamadani, MI Hasan, AJ Baldi… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Stay-at-home orders (lockdowns) have been deployed globally to control
COVID-19 transmission, and might impair economic conditions and mental health, and …

Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and …

SAKS Ahmed, M Ajisola, K Azeem, P Bakibinga… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction With COVID-19, there is urgency for policymakers to understand and respond to
the health needs of slum communities. Lockdowns for pandemic control have health, social …

Adaptation of evidence‐based suicide prevention strategies during and after the COVID‐19 pandemic

D Wasserman, M Iosue, A Wuestefeld… - World psychiatry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Suicide is preventable. Nevertheless, each year 800,000 people die of suicide in the world.
While there is evidence indicating that suicide rates de‐crease during times of crises, they …

Mental disorders following COVID-19 and other epidemics: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CMC Leung, MK Ho, AA Bharwani… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
COVID-19 has imposed a very substantial direct threat to the physical health of those
infected, although the corollary impact on mental health may be even more burdensome …

Violence against women during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An integrative review

OR Sánchez, DB Vale, L Rodrigues… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background During the COVID‐19 pandemic, incipient data have revealed an increase in
violence against women (VAW). Objective To analyze the existing scientific literature on …

Violence against women in the Covid-19 pandemic: A review of the literature and a call for shared strategies to tackle health and social emergencies

A Viero, G Barbara, M Montisci, K Kustermann… - Forensic science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this article was to conduct a rapid critical review of the literature about the
relationship between violence against women (VAW) and the current COVID-19 pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] The hidden pandemic of family violence during COVID-19: unsupervised learning of tweets

J Xue, J Chen, C Chen, R Hu, T Zhu - Journal of medical Internet research, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Family violence (including intimate partner violence/domestic violence, child
abuse, and elder abuse) is a hidden pandemic happening alongside COVID-19. The rates …

Response to the novel corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic across Africa: successes, challenges, and implications for the future

OO Ogunleye, D Basu, D Mueller, J Sneddon… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed considerable lives. There are
major concerns in Africa due to existing high prevalence rates for both infectious and non …