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Staying safe during COVID-19: How a pandemic can escalate risk for intimate partner violence and what can be done to provide individuals with resources and support.

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The emergence of COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenges in keeping individuals experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) safe in the United States and abroad. This commentary explores how COVID-19 may be increasing risk for IPV and what strategies may be used presently, and in the future, to mitigate IPV risk during crises. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy

DOI: 10.1037/tra0000688

Authors: Amber M. Jarnecke, Julianne C. Flanagan

Institution: Medical University of South Carolina

Language: English

Topic: Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Gender equality

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism