Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Resource Utilization During COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Key measures in preventing spread of the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are social distancing and stay-at-home mandates. These measures along with other stressors have the potential to increase incidences of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault, and child maltreatment.

Methods

We performed a retrospective review of county police dispatches, emergency department (ED) visits, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) consults, Domestic Violence Healthcare Project (DVHP) team consults, and Child Protection Team consults at a large, tertiary, Level I trauma center. We queried International Classification of Diseases Revision 10 codes most specific to IPV, sexual assault, and child maltreatment from March-October 2020 compared to 2019. Si

SUBMITTER: Pallansch J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9391008 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature