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Public Health Advances in the Recognition and Response to Family Violence

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Women's Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2023) | Viewed by 6996

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jennifer A. Fraser

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Guest Editor
Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Interests: child safeguarding; child abuse and neglect; witness to domestic violence; family violence; child rights; workforce resilience
Prof. Dr. Susan Jack

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School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
Interests: community health; public health nursing; intimate partner violence; child maltreatment; family violence; nurse–family partnerships; nurse home visitation programs
Dr. Debbie Scott

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Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash Data Futures Institute, Monash University, Melbourne 3128, Australia
Interests: surveillance methodologies and data quality; family violence; child maltreatment and suicide/self-harm

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues

We are seeking manuscripts for a Special Issue highlighting advances or novel approaches to 1) defining or measuring different types of family violence; 2) determining the causes or risk indicators; 3) the primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention of different types of family violence;  4) evaluating the impact of interventions to respond to family violence, and 5) implementing interventions, programs or strategies to address family violence in a wide range of populations. Manuscripts focused on training and supports for public health and other health care/social care service providers to respond to issues of family violence are welcome. We are also seeking work that addresses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of family violence, or novel strategies to identify and respond to individuals experiencing family violence during this public health emergency.

In the context of this Special Issue, family violence is defined as any form of abuse, mistreatment, or neglect that a child or adult experiences (or is exposed to) from a family member or from someone with whom they have an intimate relationship, including (but not limited to): child maltreatment, children's exposure to intimate partner violence, sibling violence, intimate partner violence, dating violence, or elder abuse. Manuscripts employing qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods approaches to research studies or program evaluations are encouraged, as well as papers that advance our understanding of novel methodological approaches to the study of family violence.

Dr. Jennifer A. Fraser
Prof. Dr. Susan Jack
Dr. Debbie Scott
Guest Editors

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • domestic violence
  • family violence
  • intimate partner violence
  • domestic abuse
  • coercive control
  • violence abuse neglect
  • witness to domestic violence

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Comparison of Intimate Partner Violence and Correlates at Urgent Care Clinics and an Emergency Department in a Rural Population
by Danielle M. Davidov, Kelly K. Gurka, D. Leann Long and Carmen N. Burrell
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(5), 4554; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054554 - 03 Mar 2023
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This paper describes the prevalence of and factors associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) in the urgent care setting and an academic emergency department in Appalachia. A questionnaire assessing social support, mental and physical health status, substance use, and intimate partner violence was [...] Read more.
This paper describes the prevalence of and factors associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) in the urgent care setting and an academic emergency department in Appalachia. A questionnaire assessing social support, mental and physical health status, substance use, and intimate partner violence was administered to 236 women seeking care in an academic emergency department or two affiliated urgent care clinics. Data collected were compared to IPV screening data from medical records. Separate logistic regression models were fit to estimate the association between sociodemographic and health-related factors and lifetime physical and sexual intimate partner violence, adjusted for the clinical setting. Of the 236 participating women, 63 were seen in the emergency department and 173 were seen in an urgent care clinic. Emergency department patients were significantly more likely to report lifetime threatened physical, physical, or sexual abuse. Based on medical records, over 20% of participants had not been screened for IPV by clinical staff during their healthcare visit. Of those that were screened, none disclosed IPV, despite a substantial proportion reporting IPV on the survey. Although survey reports of IPV were lower in the urgent care clinics, this remains an important location to introduce screenings and resources. Full article
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Contextual Factors Associated with Abuse of Home-Dwelling Persons with Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study of Informal Caregivers
by Gunn Steinsheim, Wenche Malmedal, Turid Follestad, Bonnie Olsen and Susan Saga
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 2823; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042823 - 05 Feb 2023
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One in six community-dwelling older adults experience elder abuse yearly, and persons with dementia are especially at risk. Although many risk factors for elder abuse have been identified, there are still knowledge gaps concerning risk and protective factors. This cross-sectional survey among Norwegian [...] Read more.
One in six community-dwelling older adults experience elder abuse yearly, and persons with dementia are especially at risk. Although many risk factors for elder abuse have been identified, there are still knowledge gaps concerning risk and protective factors. This cross-sectional survey among Norwegian informal caregivers (ICGs) aimed to find individual, relational, and community factors associated with psychological and physical abuse of home-dwelling persons with dementia. This study involved 540 ICGs and was conducted from May to December 2021. Statistical analysis using penalized logistic regression with lasso was performed to find covariates associated with psychological and physical elder abuse. The most prominent risk factor for both subtypes of abuse was the caregiver being a spouse. In addition, risk factors for psychological abuse were having a higher caregiver burden, experiencing psychological aggression from the person with dementia, and the person with dementia being followed up by their general practitioner. For physical abuse, the protective factors were the ICG being female and having an assigned personal municipal health service contact, while the risk factors were the ICG attending a caregiver training program and experiencing physical aggression from the person with dementia and the person with dementia having a higher degree of disability. These findings add to the existing knowledge of risk and protective factors in elder abuse among home-dwelling persons with dementia. This study provides relevant knowledge for healthcare personnel working with persons with dementia and their caregivers and for the development of interventions to prevent elder abuse. Full article
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Forensic Characteristics of Physical Elder Abuse and Current Status and Issues of Collaboration between Forensic Medicine Departments and Related Institutions in Japan
by Maiko Toya, Saki Minegishi, Hajime Utsuno, Jun Ohta, Shuuji Namiki, Kana Unuma, Koichi Uemura and Koichi Sakurada
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(22), 15382; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215382 - 21 Nov 2022
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This study sought to clarify the characteristics and trends of physical elder abuse and the status of collaboration between forensic medicine departments and related institutions in Japan. Questionnaires were sent to 82 forensic medicine departments and 2857 institutions randomly selected from hospitals, municipalities [...] Read more.
This study sought to clarify the characteristics and trends of physical elder abuse and the status of collaboration between forensic medicine departments and related institutions in Japan. Questionnaires were sent to 82 forensic medicine departments and 2857 institutions randomly selected from hospitals, municipalities and public community general support centers. The survey period was February to June 2021, including an extension period for collection. Responses from 675 facilities were analyzed. The most common finding in cases of physical elder abuse at forensic medicine departments was subcutaneous hemorrhage on the head (85.7%), with mixed old and new injuries most commonly observed in the lower limbs (70%). There were few cases in which there was collaboration between forensic medicine departments and other institutions. Among the issues identified, there is a need to provide related institutions with information obtained in forensic medicine departments. A new collaboration system is needed to achieve this. Full article
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