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- Title
The Rapid Uptake of Digital Technologies at Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Authors
Storer, Heather L.; Nyerges, Eva X.
- Abstract
Emerging evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault (DV/SA). This research note explores DV/SA service providers' (n = 20) perceptions of how their organizations responded to the pandemic. Results of a thematic content analysis indicated that survivors were adversely affected by sheltering with abusive partners and by external environmental conditions. Organizations responded to shifting community needs by adapting face-to-face services to virtual formats and revising pre pandemic safety planning protocols. School-based prevention programming required significant adjustments. Therefore, the pandemic catalyzed the integration and optimization of emerging technologies and provided opportunities for organizational innovation.
- Subjects
ATTITUDES of medical personnel; DIGITAL technology; RESEARCH methodology; DOMESTIC violence; INTERVIEWING; VIDEOCONFERENCING; ORGANIZATIONAL change; INTIMATE partner violence; SEX crimes; INDEPENDENT living; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; THEMATIC analysis; CONTENT analysis; DATA analysis software; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 5, p1085
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10778012221094066