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Social Work in Public Health Jul 2022Evan Stark claims that "partner-perpetrated physical abuse and other forms of violence against women ought to be understood as a human rights violation. Domestic... (Review)
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Evan Stark claims that "partner-perpetrated physical abuse and other forms of violence against women ought to be understood as a human rights violation. Domestic violence effects not only the women involved, but the whole of society. Thus, the identification of the victims and perpetrators is necessary, not only to prevent further abuse and injury to the victims, but also to create a violence-free society. In this paper we aim to identify the patterns, the financial and social burden of domestic violence, and ongoing rehabilitative programmes within low- and middle-income countries. A literature search was conducted using "PubMed, Google scholar, and Scopus" databases for the key terms "domestic violence," "partner abuse," "rehabilitation programmes," and/or "partner-perpetrated physical abuse." All relevant articles were included in this narrative review. According to a "Survey of Violence against Women in Turkey," there is high exposure to domestic violence at all ages. Globally, violence against women, children, and the elderly are much more common than is reflected in forensic medicine. Domestic violence in some communities is often considered as a socially normal phenomenon, and is often underreported or unreported for various reasons, such as lack of awareness, lack of security, and feelings of shame and fear. For individuals injured physically and psychologically, timely referral to health organizations for treatment/ rehabilitations and judicial authorities is important for physical as well as mental health reasons; it is also important to provide crucial medical evidence to ensure prosecution of the perpetrator. It is important for all countries to have proper rehabilitation programmes to protect victims of domestic violence, implemented through family physicians at primary care centers. However, we have observed that some programmes have bottlenecks, such as long wait times for child victims. This problem can be addressed by the appropriate measures taken at individual, community, and national level. Policymakers should urgently implement sustainable and well-structured preventive and rehabilitation programmes for the sake of both the victims and the abusers/individuals engaging in violence. Corrective programmes pertaining to the domestic violence have the potential to reveal the extent of the problem, shed light on issues underlying the violence and increase awareness of the damage caused to society.
Topics: Aged; Child; Child Abuse; Domestic Violence; Female; Humans; Mental Health; Referral and Consultation; Spouse Abuse
PubMed: 35045789
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2021.2019165 -
International Journal of Environmental... Apr 2022Domestic violence (DV) is an important public health topic with a high prevalence in society. Dentists are also frontline responders to DV, as they not only treat... (Review)
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Domestic violence (DV) is an important public health topic with a high prevalence in society. Dentists are also frontline responders to DV, as they not only treat victims of DV with dental injuries, but they can also screen for the presence of DV because they see patients for regular check-ups. Using the WHO definition, which describes domestic violence as intimate partner violence, 17 papers could be included in our analyses. The results of this review clearly indicated that although dentists, as members of the health care sector, are important frontline responders to DV, they are neither trained adequately at medical school nor do most feel competent enough to ask victims about DV or support them as needed. DV is often not taught at dentistry schools at all. The aims of this review were to provide an overview of existing literature on dentists' knowledge and beliefs regarding DV, whether and how DV is taught in medical education and to give recommendations on how to improve the education of dentists on this topic. Based on our findings, we recommend that DV education should be mandatory at dentistry schools and in further training for dentists with a focus on communication with victims, how DV can be identified and how to support victims well.
Topics: Dentists; Domestic Violence; Humans; Prevalence
PubMed: 35410043
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19074361 -
Asian Journal of Psychiatry Oct 2020
Topics: Battered Women; COVID-19; Causality; Domestic Violence; Economic Factors; Female; Humans; India; Intimate Partner Violence; Needs Assessment; Psychosocial Deprivation; SARS-CoV-2; Social Support; Social Work, Psychiatric; Stress, Psychological
PubMed: 32574942
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102227 -
American Journal of Law & Medicine Dec 2022Traditional methods to prevent and respond to domestic violence include criminal laws, national hotlines, and community programming to promote healthy relationships....
Traditional methods to prevent and respond to domestic violence include criminal laws, national hotlines, and community programming to promote healthy relationships. Despite these methods, domestic violence continues to be a prevalent public health issue. In recent years, some states began to focus prevention and intervention efforts on the beauty industry. States including Arkansas, Illinois, Tennessee and Washington enacted laws that mandate domestic violence training for salon workers and other beauty professionals. The laws largely require salon workers to attend an informational training on domestic violence before obtaining or renewing their license. However, they do not require any affirmative action on the part of the salon worker if the client discloses that he or she is experiencing domestic violence. This paper investigates how the legislation uses the historically close relationship between hairdressers and their clients in order to achieve a unique way of reaching domestic violence victims, as well as the drawbacks to the legislative structure and atypical public health approach.
Topics: Female; Humans; Domestic Violence; Public Policy; Criminal Law
PubMed: 37039758
DOI: 10.1017/amj.2023.6 -
Reproductive Health Aug 2015Violence against women is now widely recognized as a serious human right abuse, and an important public health problem with substantial consequences physical, mental,... (Review)
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BACKGROUND
Violence against women is now widely recognized as a serious human right abuse, and an important public health problem with substantial consequences physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health. Data on systematic review of domestic violence are needed to support policy and program recommendations. Therefore, the overall purpose of this systematic review was to assess magnitude of domestic violence against women and associated factors in Ethiopia.
METHODS
Studies systematically reviewed in Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 2000 to 2014. Systematic review was employed on published research works from databases such as Pubmed, popline, Hinari, and Google using key words. We also consulted public health experts. Community based studies with a study population (15-49 years) were included for review. Thirteen peer reviewed papers and two consecutive Ethiopian demographic and health surveys (2005 and 2011) were included to the systematic review. Twenty seven available in open access journals were retrieved and assessed based on the criteria's such as community based study, cross sectional study design, clearly report prevalence and associated factors were included in the systematic review work. Finally, 15 papers were included in this review.
RESULTS
Lifetime prevalence of domestic violence against women by husband or intimate partner among 10 studies ranged from 20 to 78 %. The lifetime domestic physical violence by husband or intimate partner against women ranged from 31 to 76.5 %. The life time domestic sexual violence against women by husband or intimate partner ranged from 19.2 to 59 %. The mean life time prevalence of domestic emotional violence was 51.7 %. Significant number of women experienced violence during their pregnancy period. Domestic violence against women significantly associated with alcohol consumption, chat chewing, family history of violence, occupation, religion, educational status, residence and decision making power.
CONCLUSION
Domestic violence against women was relatively high in different parts of Ethiopia. Domestic violence has direct relationship with sociodemographic characteristics of the victim as well as perpetrator. Therefore, appropriate health promotion information activities needed to tackle associated factors of domestic violence against women or to prevent and control the problem to save women from being victim.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Domestic Violence; Ethiopia; Female; Humans; Intimate Partner Violence; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Socioeconomic Factors; Women
PubMed: 26319026
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0072-1 -
Trauma, Violence & Abuse Oct 2023The purpose of this research is to provide an overview of state laws on domestic violence protection orders (DVPO) for teen dating violence. DVPOs are one legal remedy... (Review)
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PURPOSE
The purpose of this research is to provide an overview of state laws on domestic violence protection orders (DVPO) for teen dating violence. DVPOs are one legal remedy that is available to victims of intimate partner violence to reduce the potential risk of future violence. However, minors are often prohibited from filing a DVPO on their own due to statutory requirements.
METHOD
Using multiple resources and a Westlaw search, we developed a list of state laws pertaining to the statutory requirements for DVPOs for partner-abused minors. We detailed the content of each state's laws and specific requirements, including self-petitioning, eligible age, dating relationship, and stalking. Additionally, we explored how statutes were interpreted by judicial and non-judicial branches of the governments and nonprofit victim service organizations, and searched other statutory provisions for states where the state statute on the DVPO eligibility for teen dating violence was unclear.
FINDINGS
Our findings indicate that state statutes vary in terms of whether minors can be granted DVPOs, whether they can self-petition without a guardian, whether a non-sexual romantic relationship is covered, and whether stalking is covered. Additionally, a variety of courts' practices and governmental opinions pertaining to protection remedies for child abuse, sexual violence, harassment, or stalking and other statutory provisions other than DVPOs was found.
DISCUSSION
This research discusses the importance of more inclusive statutory revisions in each state, and the need to secure greater information accessibility to eligibility requirements, instructions, and procedures for obtaining a DVPO for minors.
Topics: Child; Humans; Adolescent; Domestic Violence; Intimate Partner Violence; Spouse Abuse; Sex Offenses; Child Abuse
PubMed: 35962581
DOI: 10.1177/15248380221113782 -
International Journal of Mental Health... Aug 2020
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Aged; COVID-19; Child; Coronavirus Infections; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Domestic Violence; Female; Humans; Male; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Prevalence; Psychosocial Deprivation; Quarantine; Risk Factors; Social Isolation; Social Support; Vulnerable Populations
PubMed: 32314526
DOI: 10.1111/inm.12735 -
Violence Against Women Jun 2023This article looks at how contemporary Italian films address issues of the tragedy and horror of domestic abuse and attempt to create a space for reflection and change....
This article looks at how contemporary Italian films address issues of the tragedy and horror of domestic abuse and attempt to create a space for reflection and change. Ferzan Ozpetek's 2008, Andrès Arce Maldonado's 2017 Ivano De Matteo's (2016) () ultimately challenge the perception of domestic violence as a fixed and unchangeable condition for women. The films explore how female solidarity, empathy, and care can serve as pathways to combatting the isolation, guilt, and associated emotions that prevent women from seeking or finding .
Topics: Female; Humans; Domestic Violence; Emotions; Empathy
PubMed: 36916224
DOI: 10.1177/10778012231162036 -
Frontiers in Public Health 2022Domestic violence is toxic to society. With approximately one in three women on average falling victim to domestic violence, systematic solutions are needed. To further... (Review)
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INTRODUCTION
Domestic violence is toxic to society. With approximately one in three women on average falling victim to domestic violence, systematic solutions are needed. To further complicate the issue, mounting research shows that COVID-19 has further exacerbated domestic violence across the world. Situations could be even more pronounced in countries like China, where though domestic violence is prevalent, there is a dearth of research, such as intervention studies, to address the issue. This study investigates key barriers to domestic violence research development in China, with a close focus on salient cultural influences.
METHODS
A review of the literature on domestic violence in China in PubMed, PsycINFO, and Scopus was conducted to answer the research question. The search was focused on three themes, domestic violence, China, research, and cultural influences.
RESULTS
The study findings show that categorizing domestic violence as a "family affair" is a key barrier to domestic violence research development in China-an incremental hindrance that prevents the public and policymakers from understanding the full scale and scope of domestic violence in China. In addition to abusers, witnesses, and victims, even law enforcement in China often dismisses domestic violence crimes as "family affairs" that resides outside the reach and realm of the law. The results indicated that mistreating domestic violence crimes as "family affairs" is a vital manifestation of the deep-rooted cultural influences in China, ranging from traditional Confucian beliefs in social harmony to the assumed social norms of not interfering with other people's businesses.
CONCLUSION
Domestic violence corrupts public health and social stability. Our study found that dismissing domestic violence cases as "family affairs" is an incremental reason why China's domestic violence research is scarce and awareness is low. In light of the government's voiced support for women's rights, we call for the Chinese government to develop effective interventions to timely and effectively address the domestic violence epidemic in China.
Topics: COVID-19; China; Domestic Violence; Female; Humans; Public Health
PubMed: 35309197
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.795841 -
Monash Bioethics Review Jun 2022Lockdowns in Australia have been strict and lengthy. Policy-makers appear to have given the preservation of quantity of lives strong priority over the preservation of...
Lockdowns in Australia have been strict and lengthy. Policy-makers appear to have given the preservation of quantity of lives strong priority over the preservation of quality of lives. But thought-experiments in population ethics suggest that this is not always the right priority. In this paper, I'll discuss both negative impacts on quantity of lives caused by the lockdowns themselves, including an increase in domestic violence, and negative impacts on quality of lives caused by lockdowns, in order to raise the question of whether we each had reason to choose quantity over quality in our own lives in a way that would justify the lockdowns we had.
Topics: Australia; Domestic Violence; Humans
PubMed: 35306628
DOI: 10.1007/s40592-022-00155-7