Open AccessExamining Violence Against Women at a Regional Level 1 Trauma Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Brett M. Tracy,
Amy Whitson,
J C Chen,
Brian Weiss,
Carrie A. Sims
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the american surgeon/american surgeon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1555-9823
pISSN - 0003-1348
DOI - 10.1177/00031348211047467
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , trauma center , odds , medicine , demography , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , occupational safety and health , public health , injury prevention , poison control , medical emergency , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , surgery , logistic regression , nursing , sociology , pathology
There is a growing concern that certain public health restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could result in more violence against women (VAW). We sought to determine if the rates and types of VAW changed during the COVID-19 pandemic at our level 1 trauma center (L1TC).