Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 Restrictions: A Study of 30 Countries From the I-SHARE Consortium.
Journal: Journal of interpersonal violence
Volume: 38
Issue: 11-12
Year of Publication: 2023
Affiliated Institutions:
Center for Population, Family, and Health, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Institute for Sexual and Gender Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of Genomics and Proteomics, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama.
Health Systems Strengthening Division, Foundation for Professional Development, Pretoria, South Africa.
Department of Psychology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health, University Hospital Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain.
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Global Health and Department of Women's and Children's Health, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Education Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Institute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Institute of Child Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Amref International University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Botswana Sexual and Reproductive Health Initiative, Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Institute for Health and Behaviour, Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Abstract summary
Intimate partner violence (IPV) causes substantial physical and psychological trauma. Restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including lockdowns and movement restrictions, may exacerbate IPV risk and reduce access to IPV support services. This cross-sectional study examines IPV during COVID-19 restrictions in 30 countries from the International Sexual HeAlth and REproductive Health (I-SHARE) study conducted from July 20th, 2020, to February, 15th, 2021. IPV was a primary outcome measure adapted from a World Health Organization multicountry survey. Mixed-effects modeling was used to determine IPV correlates among participants stratified by cohabitation status. The sample included 23,067 participants from 30 countries. A total of 1,070/15,336 (7.0%) participants stated that they experienced IPV during COVID-19 restrictions. A total of 1,486/15,336 (9.2%) participants stated that they had experienced either physical or sexual partner violence before the restrictions, which then decreased to 1,070 (7.0%) after the restrictions. In general, identifying as a sexual minority and experiencing greater economic vulnerability were associated with higher odds of experiencing IPV during COVID-19 restrictions, which were accentuated among participants who were living with their partners. Greater stringency of COVID-19 restrictions and living in urban or semi-urban areas were associated with lower odds of experiencing IPV in some settings. The I-SHARE data suggest a substantial burden of IPV during COVID-19 restrictions. However, the restrictions were correlated with reduced IPV in some settings. There is a need for investing in specific support systems for survivors of IPV during the implementation of restrictions designed to contain infectious disease outbreaks.
Authors & Co-authors:
Campbell
Tan
Uhlich
Francis
Mark
Miall
Eleuteri
Gabster
Shamu
Plášilová
Kemigisha
Olumide
Kosana
Hurtado-Murillo
Larsson
Cleeve
Calvo González
Perrotta
Fernández Albamonte
Blanco
Schröder
Adebayo
Hendriks
Saltis
Marks
Wu
Morroni
Esho
Briken
Hlatshwako
Ryan
Farid
Gomez Bravo
Van de Velde
Tucker
Study Outcome
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