Domestic violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This scoping review aims to assess the situation of violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America, mainly in Brazil.

Methods

This study consists of a Scoping Review based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. To conduct this review, we mapped scientific evidence on domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The inclusion criteria were: journal articles on domestic violence set in Latin American countries, particularly Brazil, in the context of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, published between March 2020 and June of 2021. Articles that were not published in journals, studies focusing on child violence or the elderly population, suicide-related approaches, edito

SUBMITTER: de Souza Santos D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9125991 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature