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040 _aAFVC
100 _aToccalino, Danielle
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245 _aAddressing the shadow pandemic :
_bCOVID-19 related impacts, barriers, needs, and priorities to healthcare and support for women survivors of intimate partner violence and brain injury
_cDanielle Toccalino, Halina (Lin) Haag, Maria Jennifer Estrella, Stephanie Cowle, Pamela Fuselli, Michael J. Ellis, Judith Gargaro, Angela Colantonio and the COVID TBI-IPV Consortium
260 _bAmerican Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
500 _aArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2022, First published online, 7 January 2022
520 _aBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects one in three women and has intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although most injuries are to the head, face, and neck, the intersection of IPV and traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains largely unrecognized. This paper reports on COVID-19-related impacts, barriers, needs, and priorities to healthcare and support services for women survivors of IPV-TBI. Methods: Using a participatory research model, we engaged 30 stakeholders in virtual meetings drawn from an IPV-TBI Knowledge to Practice (K2P) Network including women survivors, service providers, researchers, and decision makers. Data was gathered through small group breakout sessions facilitated by the research team using semi-structured discussion guides. Sessions were recorded, transcribed verbatim transcripts, and analysed using thematic analysis techniques. Stakeholders were given the opportunity to contribute to the analysis and knowledge transfer through member checking activities. Ethics approval was obtained through the University of Toronto. Results: COVID-19 has increased rates and severity of IPV and barriers to services and help-seeking. These effects are exacerbated by infrastructure difficulties in rural and remote areas, including limited access to services. Implications of virtual care such as safety, privacy, and usability require careful consideration. Requests from survivors for peer support have increased significantly, indicating more formalized and better-supported peer roles are needed. An overwhelming lack of awareness of the intersection of IPV-TBI continues. Increasing education and awareness among healthcare and IPV service providers, survivors, and the public remains a priority. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified IPV-TBI, increased challenges for women survivors, and accentuated the continued lack of IPV-TBI awareness. Key recommendations for healthcare and rehabilitation to address this priority are discussed. (Authors' abstract). Record #7449
650 _aCOVID-19
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650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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650 _aPANDEMICS
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650 4 _aSUPPORT SERVICES
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650 0 _aTRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
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650 _aVICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
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651 _aINTERNATIONAL
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651 4 _aCANADA
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700 _aHaag, Halina (Lin)
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700 _aEstrella, Maria J.
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700 _aCowle, Stephanie
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700 _aFuselli, Pamela
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700 _aEllis, Michael J.
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700 _aGargaro, Judith
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700 _aColantonio, Angela
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710 _aCOVID TBI-IPV Consortium
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773 0 _tArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2022, First published online, 7 January 2022
830 _aArchives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.12.012
_zDOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.12.012 (Open access)
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