Coping with intimate partner violence and the COVID-19 lockdown: The perspectives of service professionals in Spain.
Socioeconomic crisis and humanitarian disasters can cause increased stress for women who experience inter-partner violence (IPV). This study analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on this important issue, their related health and social services and working conditions from the perspectives of...
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| author | Carmen Vives-Cases Daniel La Parra-Casado Erica Briones-Vozmediano Sebastià March Ana María García-Navas José Miguel Carrasco Laura Otero-García Belén Sanz-Barbero |
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| description | Socioeconomic crisis and humanitarian disasters can cause increased stress for women who experience inter-partner violence (IPV). This study analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on this important issue, their related health and social services and working conditions from the perspectives of professionals in different sectors. Forty-three semi-structured interviews were carried out with 47 professionals (44 women and 3 men) from 40 different entities (September 2020-April 2021). This content analysis suggests that the pandemic and its associated prevention measures have had a negative impact on women exposed to IPV and their children, which affected their social wellbeing. Professionals described burnout, difficult and slow administrative processes, and problems with coordination and access to information. These negative impacts were mitigated, in part, by the work of professionals, but this suggests that a series of key strategies are needed to improve the response capacity of the service sector to IPV in situations of crisis. These improvements are related to the availability of human and material resources; an efficient coordination network between the professionals from different sectors; existence of informal support networks in the community; protocols/procedures and prior training for better implementation; and greater flexibility and accessibility of basic services that benefit women who experience IPV. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-194c8e2e0447433d9cb4d235aaf85ac32022-12-21T19:22:57ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-011610e025886510.1371/journal.pone.0258865Coping with intimate partner violence and the COVID-19 lockdown: The perspectives of service professionals in Spain.Carmen Vives-CasesDaniel La Parra-CasadoErica Briones-VozmedianoSebastià MarchAna María García-NavasJosé Miguel CarrascoLaura Otero-GarcíaBelén Sanz-BarberoSocioeconomic crisis and humanitarian disasters can cause increased stress for women who experience inter-partner violence (IPV). This study analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on this important issue, their related health and social services and working conditions from the perspectives of professionals in different sectors. Forty-three semi-structured interviews were carried out with 47 professionals (44 women and 3 men) from 40 different entities (September 2020-April 2021). This content analysis suggests that the pandemic and its associated prevention measures have had a negative impact on women exposed to IPV and their children, which affected their social wellbeing. Professionals described burnout, difficult and slow administrative processes, and problems with coordination and access to information. These negative impacts were mitigated, in part, by the work of professionals, but this suggests that a series of key strategies are needed to improve the response capacity of the service sector to IPV in situations of crisis. These improvements are related to the availability of human and material resources; an efficient coordination network between the professionals from different sectors; existence of informal support networks in the community; protocols/procedures and prior training for better implementation; and greater flexibility and accessibility of basic services that benefit women who experience IPV.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258865 |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Vives-Cases Daniel La Parra-Casado Erica Briones-Vozmediano Sebastià March Ana María García-Navas José Miguel Carrasco Laura Otero-García Belén Sanz-Barbero Coping with intimate partner violence and the COVID-19 lockdown: The perspectives of service professionals in Spain. PLoS ONE |
| title | Coping with intimate partner violence and the COVID-19 lockdown: The perspectives of service professionals in Spain. |
| title_full | Coping with intimate partner violence and the COVID-19 lockdown: The perspectives of service professionals in Spain. |
| title_fullStr | Coping with intimate partner violence and the COVID-19 lockdown: The perspectives of service professionals in Spain. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coping with intimate partner violence and the COVID-19 lockdown: The perspectives of service professionals in Spain. |
| title_short | Coping with intimate partner violence and the COVID-19 lockdown: The perspectives of service professionals in Spain. |
| title_sort | coping with intimate partner violence and the covid 19 lockdown the perspectives of service professionals in spain |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258865 |
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