Addressing the Shadow Pandemic: COVID-19 Related Impacts, Barriers, Needs, and Priorities to Health Care and Support for Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury

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Characteristics of Intimate Partner Violence and Survivor’s Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights From Subreddits Related to Intimate Partner Violence

“…When it comes to survivors’ needs during the pandemic, studies reported survivors’ challenges to meeting their basic needs, such as housing (i.e., safe and affordable shelter), accessing technology, transportation, employment, and childcare ( Ragavan et al, 2022 ; Toccalino et al, 2022 ). Importantly, Toccalino et al (2022) emphasized survivors’ need for peer support.…”

“…When it comes to survivors’ needs during the pandemic, studies reported survivors’ challenges to meeting their basic needs, such as housing (i.e., safe and affordable shelter), accessing technology, transportation, employment, and childcare ( Ragavan et al, 2022 ; Toccalino et al, 2022 ). Importantly, Toccalino et al (2022) emphasized survivors’ need for peer support. The stakeholders interviewed reported survivors’ desire to connect with someone “who truly understands their experience” and “the various systems and structures a survivor must navigate from the survivor perspective.” Our study findings echo the same needs of survivors for emotional and informational support, such as wanting to hear about similar experiences from peers, asking for legal advice, needing the validation of their feelings/reactions/thoughts/actions, acknowledging the experience of IPV, and asking for ways to grieve, among others.…”

“…When it comes to survivors' needs during the pandemic, studies reported survivors' challenges to meeting their basic needs, such as housing (i.e., safe and affordable shelter), accessing technology, transportation, employment, and childcare (Ragavan et al, 2022;Toccalino et al, 2022). Importantly, Toccalino et al (2022) emphasized survivors' need for peer support. The stakeholders interviewed reported survivors' desire to connect with someone "who truly understands their experience" and "the various systems and structures a survivor must navigate from the survivor perspective."…”

Sarah Waller’s Help-Seeking Model: Understanding African American Women Intimate Partner Violence Survivors’ Help-seeking Process

“…This may also help identify more targeted linkage and immediate options. Research of this nature is especially important given the increasing rates of IPV since the COVID-19 pandemic (Toccalino et al, 2022), which could further complicate linkage efforts.…”

Exploring the intersection of brain injury and mental health in survivors of intimate partner violence: A scoping review

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated IPV globally, significantly increasing both rates of IPV and the level of violence per encounter (7)(8)(9)(10)(11). Physical violence in IPV most commonly results in injury to the head, face, and neck (12), leaving survivors at high risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI).…”