Impact of COVID-19 risk-mitigation strategies on family violence in the United States: A systematic review of grey literature Open Access
Passmore, Hannah (Spring 2021)
Abstract
COVID-19 risk-mitigation strategies have the potential to increase the risk of family violence in the United States. Good data on the impact of risk-mitigation strategies on rates of family violence is crucial both in crafting effective risk-mitigation strategies that do not increase risk of violence and will better inform interventions and resources for survivors. This study aims to assess the impact of state-level risk-mitigation strategies on rates of family violence across the U.S. To assess the impact of risk-mitigation strategies, we performed a systematic review of grey literature in which we extracted data on changes in family violence from news media in the U.S. We analyzed this data through simple descriptive analyses and comparisons by data source, geographic region, and time frame, and performed a bivariate analysis to assess the association between the duration of the risk-mitigation strategies and changes in rates of family violence. 64.8 % of all changes in reports of violence were positive, indicating a possible increase in violence and/or violence reporting. However, all the changes in reports of child maltreatment were negative, indicating a decrease in violence and/or violence reporting. These results suggest that the COVID-19 risk-mitigation strategies did have an impact on rates of violence and patterns in violence reporting. More research is needed to understand the mechanisms through which risk-mitigation strategies impact risk of family violence to develop more effective prevention and intervention strategies both within and outside of a pandemic response context.
Table of Contents
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1
Background …........................................................................................................................ 1
Problem Statement ................................................................................................................ 4
Purpose Statement ….............................................................................................................. 5
Research Objectives ................................................................................................................ 5
Significance Statement …......................................................................................................... 6
Definition of Terms ….............................................................................................................. 6
Chapter 2: Literature Review …................................................................................................. 8
IPV and child maltreatment ….................................................................................................. 9
Health impacts of IPV and CM …............................................................................................... 9
Mechanisms linking COVID-19 risk-mitigation strategies with IPV and CM ….............................. 10
Loss of employment/income resulting in financial insecurity and acute/chronic
economic stress ...................................................................................................................... 10
COVID-19 related social isolation as a risk factor for IPV and CM and as a barrier for
help-seeking …........................................................................................................................ 11
Preliminary research on IPV and COVID-19 …............................................................................ 11
Measures of IPV and CM under COVID-19 ….............................................................................. 13
Chapter 3: Manuscript ….......................................................................................................... 16
Introduction …........................................................................................................................ 19
Methods ….............................................................................................................................. 21
Results …................................................................................................................................ 26
Discussion …........................................................................................................................... 33
Public Health Implications ….................................................................................................... 36
Chapter 4: Conclusions and Public Health Implications …........................................................... 38
References …........................................................................................................................... 41
Appendix
I: Review inclusion and exclusion criteria ................................................................................. 44
II: Supplemental table of article characteristics …..................................................................... 44
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