Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

September 2, 2020

Changes in Intimate Partner Violence during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA

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  • A survey with recruitment through social media and email invitation found that the level of self-reported intimate partner violence stayed the same throughout the beginning of the COVID-19 stay-at-home policies for the majority of participants (54%). Participants that did report changes in victimization were more likely to report that victimization became less severe during the COVID-19 pandemic (30%) than to report that it got worse (17%).
  • The risk of intimate partner violence worsening since the COVID-19 outbreak was 4.4-fold higher among those who experienced physical victimization (vs. non-physical victimization) and 2.3-fold higher among those who experienced sexual victimization (vs. non-sexual victimization).

Jetelina et al. (Sept 1, 2020). Changes in Intimate Partner Violence during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA. Injury Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043831