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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Autores principales: 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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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:194c8e2e0447433d9cb4d235aaf85ac32021-12-02T20:07:48ZCoping with intimate partner violence and the COVID-19 lockdown: The perspectives of service professionals in Spain.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0258865https://doaj.org/article/194c8e2e0447433d9cb4d235aaf85ac32021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258865https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Socioeconomic 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.Carmen Vives-CasesDaniel La Parra-CasadoErica Briones-VozmedianoSebastià MarchAna María García-NavasJosé Miguel CarrascoLaura Otero-GarcíaBelén Sanz-BarberoPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0258865 (2021)
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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.
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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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
author_facet 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
author_sort Carmen Vives-Cases
title 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_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_sort coping with intimate partner violence and the covid-19 lockdown: the perspectives of service professionals in spain.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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