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The impact of COVID‐19 on services for people affected by sexual and gender‐based violence
Author(s) -
Johnson Katy,
Green Lindsey,
Volpellier Muriel,
Kidenda Suzanne,
McHale Thomas,
Naimer Karen,
Mishori Ranit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/ijgo.13285
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , domestic violence , covid-19 , documentation , sexual violence , medical emergency , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , nursing , virology , disease , pathology , outbreak , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
Sexual and gender‐based violence (SGBV), and particularly intimate partner violence (IPV), has spiked dramatically during the COVID‐19 pandemic. At the same time, the pandemic is impacting and interrupting SGBV and IPV services of all kinds. This paper focuses on the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on clinical care and forensic medical documentation for SGBV survivors, including an analysis of the response in the UK and Kenya, and provides recommendations for safe implementation of these services during the pandemic.