“<i>Boiling Water but There's No Pop-Off Valve</i>”: Health Care Provider Perceptions of the Effects of COVID-19 on Intimate Partner Violence-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

“Boiling Water but There's No Pop-Off Valve”: Health Care Provider Perceptions of the Effects of COVID-19 on Intimate Partner Violence

Published:2023-03-21 Issue: Volume: Page:107780122311620
ISSN:1077-8012
Container-title:Violence Against Women
language:en
Short-container-title:Violence Against Women

Author:

Hendrix Ellen¹^ORCID,Narasimhan Subasri¹²,Ripkey Carrie E.¹,Zeidan Amy³,Smith Randi N.⁴⁵,Evans Dabney P.¹²⁴

Affiliation:

1. Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2. The Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast (RISE), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

4. Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

5. Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Abstract

This study sought to understand the effects of COVID-19, including movement-related restrictions such as shelter-in-place, quarantine, and isolation orders, on intimate partner violence (IPV) from the perspective of health care providers (HCPs) working at a public hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. From November 2020 to May 2021, we conducted 12 interviews. Three themes emerged: (1) HCPs perceived that COVID-19 movement-related restrictions likely exacerbated IPV; (2) HCPs encountered many practice-oriented and community barriers in IPV care provision during COVID-19; and (3) HCPs suggested process and partnership improvements for IPV response. These findings can inform future pandemic preparedness including improved communication, improved IPV screening and follow-up, and strengthened hospital-community partnerships.

Funder

Woodruff Health Sciences Center Synergy Award

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Law,Sociology and Political Science,Gender Studies

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10778012231162043

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