US: Children at Home Were More Likely to Face Domestic Violence During the Pandemic
Healthline – October 08, 2021
Pandemic restrictions and the financial strain they created challenged families in ways that might have led to increased physical abuse of school-age children, according to a new study. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source, social distancing measures could increase the risk of domestic violence, including child abuse. During the pandemic, school-age children kept home by lockdowns experienced significantly higher rates of family violence, according to the abstracts of two studies to be presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition. Abstract author Mattea Miller, a medical doctor candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told Healthline she was surprised by how many emergency room visits weren’t referred for further help.
Also: Most Violence-Related Injuries Involving Adolescents Occur from Family Violence at Home (Press release): https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/most-violence-related-injuries-involving-adolescents-occur-from-family-violence-at-home
Also: COVID-19 stay at home orders brought uptick in child abuse (Press release): https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2021/covid-19-stay-at-home-orders-brought-uptick-in-child-abuse/
Also: Child abuse reports spiked during COVID-19 lockdowns, study finds: https://www.healio.com/news/primary-care/20211008/child-abuse-reports-spiked-during-covid19-lockdowns-study-finds
Also: Multicenter study of US trauma centers examining the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on injury causes, diagnoses and procedures: https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000655
Also: The global burden of trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7666557/
Also: Violent trauma as an indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of hospital reported trauma: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8129999/

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