Domestic violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A scoping review
Objectives: This scoping review aims to assess the situation of violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America, mainly in Brazil. Methods: This study consists of a Scoping Review based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement....
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| author | Debora de Souza Santos Eloisa Auler Bittencourt Andréa Cristina de Moraes Malinverni Juliany Barreto Kisberi Sabrina de França Vilaça Edna Sadayo Miazato Iwamura |
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| description | Objectives: This scoping review aims to assess the situation of violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America, mainly in Brazil. Methods: This study consists of a Scoping Review based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. To conduct this review, we mapped scientific evidence on domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The inclusion criteria were: journal articles on domestic violence set in Latin American countries, particularly Brazil, in the context of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, published between March 2020 and June of 2021. Articles that were not published in journals, studies focusing on child violence or the elderly population, suicide-related approaches, editorials and letters to readers were excluded. The databases used were: National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Embase, COVID-19 Global literature on coronavirus disease, Scopus Preview, Web of Science, LILAC's, Database of the best Evidence-Based Health (Epistemonikos) with the following strategic keywords: ''domestic violence'' ''female'/exp OR female'' ''domestic violence AND women'' ''SARS-CoV-19'') AND (''domestic violence'') SARS-CoV-2'' OR ''2020-nCoV''. The databases above were accessed in July 2021. The articles selected from the databases were synthetized following the double-check procedure and the topics that were most relevant to the subject discussed were separated. The articles used were in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Results: We discussed domestic violence against women in the context of social isolation, showing a significant increase and highlighting aggravating factors - financial instability, exacerbation of the female workload, increase in drug and alcohol consumption, lack of access to care services - and statistics that demonstrate the significant increase in countries such as Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay and Brazil, especially in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, among other states. Despite the meaningful increase in the number of cases and the aggravating factors for domestic violence against women in Latin America and Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic, the reality of underreporting, resulting, among others, from limited legal, social and economic support and the lack of well-prepared intersectoral services may be a limitation in this scenario, since the situation can be even more acute. We presented measures adopted in Brazil and alternatives to confront the critical situation of domestic violence against women, aggravated by social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.The 18 most relevant articles were read twice by each author, following the “Double-Check” protocol. The articles used addressed important questions around the established goals: (a) characteristics of the current scenarios in Latin America and, specifically, in Brazil, with regard to violence against women; (b) factors that intensify this type of violence; (c) numbers that demonstrate an increase in cases; and finally (e) strategies to combat domestic violence against women. A total of 595 articles were found, then, based on the abstracts presented, 18 articles were used to write this scoping review. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c88085f750b4dba9836357061152cc92022-12-22T02:37:07ZengElsevierForensic Science International: Reports2665-91072022-07-015100276Domestic violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A scoping reviewDebora de Souza Santos0Eloisa Auler Bittencourt1Andréa Cristina de Moraes Malinverni2Juliany Barreto Kisberi3Sabrina de França Vilaça4Edna Sadayo Miazato Iwamura5Laboratório de Patologia Molecular, Departamento de Patologia - Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, BrazilLaboratório de Patologia Molecular, Departamento de Patologia - Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil; Academia de Polícia de São Paulo (ACADEPOL), São Paulo, BrazilLaboratório de Patologia Molecular, Departamento de Patologia - Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, BrazilLaboratório de Patologia Molecular, Departamento de Patologia - Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, BrazilCentro de Medicina Legal (CEMEL) do Departamento de Patologia e Medicina Legal Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), BrazilLaboratório de Patologia Molecular, Departamento de Patologia - Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil; Corresponding author.Objectives: This scoping review aims to assess the situation of violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America, mainly in Brazil. Methods: This study consists of a Scoping Review based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. To conduct this review, we mapped scientific evidence on domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The inclusion criteria were: journal articles on domestic violence set in Latin American countries, particularly Brazil, in the context of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, published between March 2020 and June of 2021. Articles that were not published in journals, studies focusing on child violence or the elderly population, suicide-related approaches, editorials and letters to readers were excluded. The databases used were: National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Embase, COVID-19 Global literature on coronavirus disease, Scopus Preview, Web of Science, LILAC's, Database of the best Evidence-Based Health (Epistemonikos) with the following strategic keywords: ''domestic violence'' ''female'/exp OR female'' ''domestic violence AND women'' ''SARS-CoV-19'') AND (''domestic violence'') SARS-CoV-2'' OR ''2020-nCoV''. The databases above were accessed in July 2021. The articles selected from the databases were synthetized following the double-check procedure and the topics that were most relevant to the subject discussed were separated. The articles used were in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Results: We discussed domestic violence against women in the context of social isolation, showing a significant increase and highlighting aggravating factors - financial instability, exacerbation of the female workload, increase in drug and alcohol consumption, lack of access to care services - and statistics that demonstrate the significant increase in countries such as Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay and Brazil, especially in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, among other states. Despite the meaningful increase in the number of cases and the aggravating factors for domestic violence against women in Latin America and Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic, the reality of underreporting, resulting, among others, from limited legal, social and economic support and the lack of well-prepared intersectoral services may be a limitation in this scenario, since the situation can be even more acute. We presented measures adopted in Brazil and alternatives to confront the critical situation of domestic violence against women, aggravated by social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.The 18 most relevant articles were read twice by each author, following the “Double-Check” protocol. The articles used addressed important questions around the established goals: (a) characteristics of the current scenarios in Latin America and, specifically, in Brazil, with regard to violence against women; (b) factors that intensify this type of violence; (c) numbers that demonstrate an increase in cases; and finally (e) strategies to combat domestic violence against women. A total of 595 articles were found, then, based on the abstracts presented, 18 articles were used to write this scoping review.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910722000226Domestic violenceFemaleSARS CoV-2Brazil |
| spellingShingle | Debora de Souza Santos Eloisa Auler Bittencourt Andréa Cristina de Moraes Malinverni Juliany Barreto Kisberi Sabrina de França Vilaça Edna Sadayo Miazato Iwamura Domestic violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A scoping review Forensic Science International: Reports Domestic violence Female SARS CoV-2 Brazil |
| title | Domestic violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A scoping review |
| title_full | Domestic violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Domestic violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Domestic violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A scoping review |
| title_short | Domestic violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic: A scoping review |
| title_sort | domestic violence against women during the covid 19 pandemic a scoping review |
| topic | Domestic violence Female SARS CoV-2 Brazil |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910722000226 |
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