Characterizing the impacts of public health control measures on domestic violence services: qualitative interviews with domestic violence coalition leaders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior to the availability of pharmaceutical control measures, non-pharmaceutical control measures, including travel restrictions, physical distancing, isolation and quarantine, closure of schools and workplaces, and the use of personal protective equipment were the only tools available to public health authorities to control the spread of COVID-19. The implementation of these non-pharmaceutical control measures had unintended impacts on the ability of state and territorial domestic violence coalitions to provide services to victims.

Methods

A semi-structured interview guide to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted service provision and advocacy generally, and how COVID-19 control measures specifically, created barriers to services and advocacy, was developed,

SUBMITTER: Horney JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478408 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature