Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a significant global health and societal issue and remains a public health and social care challenge worldwide. DVA is a violation of human rights that impacts the health and well-being of survivors and their families. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated globally that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men will experience DVA in their lifetime. Since the pandemic incidences of DVA have increased worldwide and its prevalence across all societies has been exposed, alongside other inequalities.
DVA intersects cultural, religious, gender, age, and ethnic boundaries and occurs in marital, cohabiting, heterosexual as well as same-sex relationships and is committed by intimate partners as well as family members. Women, men, and trans people in straight, gay, or lesbian relationships can perpetrate and experience DVA, but DVA affects women disproportionally and is perpetrated predominantly by men. Women are more likely to experience repeated and severe forms of abuse, including sexual violence, and subjected to sustained physical, psychological or emotional abuse, or violence that results in injury or death.
This Research Topic aims to bring together contributions from both theoretical and applied research that highlights the diversity and breadth of work undertaken in DVA that advances understanding of DVA as a global and intersectional issue and the additional challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
• Health and social care response to supporting DVA survivors, including multi-agency working
• Barriers and enablers to identification and management of DVA in health care settings
• DVA and communities ‘hidden’ or less visible in mainstream discourse, policy, and practice e.g. older people, LGBTQ+, disabled people, people living with a terminal illness, BAME communities; religious and faith communities
• Innovations and interventions to support DVA survivors and their families and address perpetrator behavior and actions
• Innovative methodologies for conducting DVA research
• The role of Health Services in identifying, reporting and responding to DVA cases
Abstracts for papers should demonstrate how they advance the theoretical and methodological aspects of implementation science in order to inform policymaking and research. Abstracts should offer an understanding of barriers and enablers to the implementation of DVA interventions and programs and solutions to increase scale-up and integration.
Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a significant global health and societal issue and remains a public health and social care challenge worldwide. DVA is a violation of human rights that impacts the health and well-being of survivors and their families. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was estimated globally that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men will experience DVA in their lifetime. Since the pandemic incidences of DVA have increased worldwide and its prevalence across all societies has been exposed, alongside other inequalities.
DVA intersects cultural, religious, gender, age, and ethnic boundaries and occurs in marital, cohabiting, heterosexual as well as same-sex relationships and is committed by intimate partners as well as family members. Women, men, and trans people in straight, gay, or lesbian relationships can perpetrate and experience DVA, but DVA affects women disproportionally and is perpetrated predominantly by men. Women are more likely to experience repeated and severe forms of abuse, including sexual violence, and subjected to sustained physical, psychological or emotional abuse, or violence that results in injury or death.
This Research Topic aims to bring together contributions from both theoretical and applied research that highlights the diversity and breadth of work undertaken in DVA that advances understanding of DVA as a global and intersectional issue and the additional challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
• Health and social care response to supporting DVA survivors, including multi-agency working
• Barriers and enablers to identification and management of DVA in health care settings
• DVA and communities ‘hidden’ or less visible in mainstream discourse, policy, and practice e.g. older people, LGBTQ+, disabled people, people living with a terminal illness, BAME communities; religious and faith communities
• Innovations and interventions to support DVA survivors and their families and address perpetrator behavior and actions
• Innovative methodologies for conducting DVA research
• The role of Health Services in identifying, reporting and responding to DVA cases
Abstracts for papers should demonstrate how they advance the theoretical and methodological aspects of implementation science in order to inform policymaking and research. Abstracts should offer an understanding of barriers and enablers to the implementation of DVA interventions and programs and solutions to increase scale-up and integration.
