Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Jacqueline Callari-Robinson, Diane Schadewald, Hanan Abusbaitan, Anna Pirsch, Jeneile Luebke, Liz Marquardt, Erin Schubert, Jennifer Kibicho, Alexa Lopez, Kaboni Gondwe, Elizabeth Rice, Katie Bement, McKenzie Morgan, Rosalind McClain, Peninnah Kako, Faria Raghe, Cindy Figgins Hunter, Crystal Ayad, Anne Dressel
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a complex and pervasive public health problem disproportionately affecting Indigenous and Black women. During the COVID-19 pandemic, IPV became more complicated for advocates because social distancing, quarantine, and isolation measures further endangered women experiencing IPV. This manuscript is based on an ongoing community-engaged study in an upper Midwestern state. Our primary goal for this study is to generate urgently needed knowledge on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous and Black women's help-seeking behaviours following IPV by systematically documenting barriers women faced during the pandemic...
January 2024: Global Public Health