Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on women’s health and safety: A study of immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence

Date of Review: March, 2021

Sabri B, Hartley M, Saha J, Murray S, Glass N, Campbell JC. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on women’s health and safety: A study of immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence. Health Care Women Int. 2020 Nov-Dec;41(11-12):1294-1312. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2020.1833012. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33085577; PMCID: PMC7902436.

Immigrant women may be disproportionately vulnerable to IPV-related health risks during the covid-19 pandemic. The authors performed a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews of immigrant survivors and service providers to better understand their perspectives on a) the impact of COVID-19 on survivor’s health and safety, b) services survivors received for their health and safety, and c) suggestions for how providers could mitigate the risk for increased IPV during the high-risk pandemic environment. Their results have national and global implications. —Erin Goss, MD

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