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COVID-19: urgency for distancing from domestic violence

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2020
Background: Although COVID-19 is a major worldwide health threat, there is another global public health emergency that is becoming a growing challenge. Domestic violence is a public health and human rights issue that primarily affects women and children ...
Deniz Ertan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

What “Family Affair?” Domestic Violence Awareness in China

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionDomestic violence is toxic to society. With approximately one in three women on average falling victim to domestic violence, systematic solutions are needed.
Zhaohui Su   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Domestic Violence

open access: yesAmerican Law and Economics Review, 2020
We use 911 call records and mobile device location data to study the impact of the coronavirus lockdown on domestic violence. The percent of people at home sharply increased at all hours, and nearly doubled during regular working hours, from 45% to 85 ...
J. McCrary, Sarath Sanga
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Disclosure of domestic violence and sexual assault within the context of abortion: meta-ethnographic synthesis of qualitative studies protocol

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2017
Background One third of women will have an abortion in their lifetime (Kerr, QUT Law Rev 14:15, 2014; Aston and Bewley, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 11:163–8, 2009). These women are more likely to have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault than
Lydia Mainey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-Term Impact of Domestic Violence on Individuals—An Empirical Study Based on Education, Health and Life Satisfaction

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2023
This paper takes the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS) as a sample to assess the long-term impacts of domestic violence experienced in childhood on individuals.
Liu Bo, Peng Yating
doaj   +1 more source

Preventing domestic violence [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2002
Papers pp 271, 274 Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, or psychological. Physical and sexual violence by an intimate partner are common problems, affecting 20-50% of women at some stage in life in most populations surveyed globally.1 Between 3% and 50% of women have experienced it in the past year.1 Domestic violence has a profound impact on ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Women’s mental health: acute impact of COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence

open access: yesArchives of Women's Mental Health, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic created a situation of general distress. Although the focus has been initially more on the physical health during the pandemic, mental health concerns linked to the lockdown have quickly risen.
S. Sediri   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Theory of Relationship Sabotage: A Preliminary Evaluation of Conceptual Models Expanding on Attachment and Goal-Orientation Frameworks

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences
Introduction: The current study proposed the best model to explain relationship sabotage by comparing three competing conceptual models, using attachment and goal-orientation frameworks.
Raquel Peel
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the determinants of health and wellbeing in communities living in proximity to coal seam gas developments in regional Queensland

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background There is some concern that coal seam gas mining may affect health and wellbeing through changes in social determinants such as living and working conditions, local economy and the environment.
Fiona Mactaggart   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Righting Domestic Violence

open access: yesInternational Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 2006
For too long human rights have been used to support a legal approach to domestic violence which is non-interventionist. This article discusses the ways in which human rights can be used to compel an approach to cases of domestic violence which requires state action to protect those harmed by domestic abuse. It argues that the state has an obligation to
Choudhry, S, Herring, J
openaire   +2 more sources

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