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040 _aAFVC
100 _aSnowdon, Lara C.
_99465
245 _aAddressing the “shadow pandemic” through a public health approach to violence prevention
_cLara C. Snowdon, Emma R. Barton, Annemarie Newbury, Bryony Parry, Mark A. Bellis, and Joanne C. Hopkins
260 _bCommunity Safety Knowledge Alliance,
_c2020
500 _aJournal of Community Safety & Well-Being, 2020, 5(2): 60-65
520 _aExperts from across the globe have warned of the adverse consequences of COVID-19 lockdown and physical distancing restrictions on violence in the home, with the United Nations describing it as a shadow pandemic. This social innovation narrative explores how a public health approach to violence prevention is implemented in Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic by the multi-agency Wales Violence Prevention Unit. The article highlights early trends in monitoring data on the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on violence, including likely increases in domestic and sexual violence and abuse, concerns over the safety of children and young people, both online and in the home, and increased reporting of elder abuse. The article supports the notion of a shadow pandemic, emphasizing the lack of data that routinely measures violence in the home and online that disproportionately affects women, children, and older people, as well as vulnerable and minority populations. This renders these forms of violence much less “visible” to policy-makers in comparison with violence in public spaces, but they are of no less public health significance. Through sharing this narrative and early findings, we call for increased focus on the development of new data collection methods and violence prevention programs during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the future. (Authors' abstract). Record #6878
650 _aCHILD ABUSE
_9103
650 _aCOVID-19
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650 _aDATA ANALYSIS
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650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 _aELDER ABUSE
_9220
650 4 _9221
_aEMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
650 _aHEALTH
_9283
650 _aINTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
_9396
650 _aINTERVENTION
_9326
650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 0 _95989
_aONLINE HARASSMENT
650 _aPANDEMICS
_98950
650 _aPOLICE
_9444
650 _aSTALKING
_93265
650 4 _aSUPPORT SERVICES
_9591
651 _aINTERNATIONAL
_93624
651 4 _aUNITED KINGDOM
_92604
651 _aWALES
_92637
700 _aBarton, Emma R.
_99466
700 _aNewbury, Annemarie
_99467
700 _aParry, Bryony
_99468
700 _aBellis, Mark A.
_93132
700 _aHopkins, Joanne C.
_99469
773 0 _tJournal of Community Safety & Well-Being, 2020, 5(2): 60-65
830 _aJournal of Community Safety & Well-Being
_99470
856 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.141
_zDOI: 10.35502/jcswb.141 (Open access)
942 _2ddc
_cARTICLE