Facts
Males also are victims but rate is ___ female and ___ male victims
Often ID'd by "......."
80% female and 20% male victims
Identified by ED nurses, Mother –Baby, Public health nurses, teachers and school nurses “hear” things
___% of women have experienced psychological aggression (gaslighting, emotional abuse)
47%
Onset _____ and young adulthood
All races, socioeconomic groups but there are ___ identified
Adolescence
Patterns
Average ____ of 36% during COVID
Increase
Protective factors of IPV?
High empathy, good grades, high verbal IQ, a positive relationship with one’s mother, and attachment to school, possible access to housing and employment
Estimate ____% of women experience physical abuse by a partner
Starts with dating relationships and peaks in ______ –early intervention critical
22-39
Adolescence
1 in __ adult women (23%), 1 in __ men (14%)
experienced severe physical violence (e.g., being kicked, beaten, choked, or burned on purpose, having a weapon used against them, etc.) from an intimate partner in their lifetime
1 in 4 adult women (23%), 1 in 7 men (14%)
____ income
____ education levels
_____ to violence between parents
1. Lower income
2. Low education levels
3. Exposure to violence between parents
Reported percent increase in what for DV during the quarantine?
Calls to crisis hotlines
Consequences of IPV?
1. Death
2. Physical injury
3. Suicidal ideations and attempts
4. PTSD, Depression, Anxiety/fear, Dissociative Disorders, SUD, NUD
5. Chronic health disorders: cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, reproductive, musculoskeletal, and nervous system conditions
6. Higher rates of further victimization
7. Loss of economic livelihood due to missed work and/or disability
8. Incarceration for murder
IPV is leading cause of female ____ and birth ____ during pregnancy
Leading cause of female homicides and birth defects during pregnancy
IPV affects ______ of people in the United States each year
Millions
Inadequate ____
_____ of child abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse
Stress, ______, and antisocial
1. Inadequate parenting
2. Victim of child abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse
3. Stress, anxiety, and antisocial
Actions like avoiding large and small gatherings in private places and public spaces, working remotely, and closing schools may increase risk factors like:
- Social isolation
- Lack of social support
- Lack of time alone or lack of physical and mental space
- Lack of childcare
- Loss of job or income
- Depression or anxiety
- Substance misuse
- Reduced access to mental health or substance use services and support
Basic Intimate Partner Violence Safety Plan:
• Tell your ____ about your abuse and ask them to ___ _____ when they hear a disturbance
• Have a ___ ____ to use with your children, family, and friends when you need help, consider some of the new phone apps for alerting significant contacts in an emergency
• Have a ____ ____ selected in case you ever have to leave, such as a friend or relative’s home or a shelter
• Use your ____ and do not provoke the abuser when considering leaving
• Tell your neighbors about your abuse and ask them to call the police when they hear a disturbance.
• Have a code word to use with your children, family, and friends when you need help. Consider some of the new phone apps for alerting significant contacts in an emergency.
• Have a safe place selected in case you ever have to leave, such as a friend or relative’s home or a shelter.
• Use your instincts, and do not provoke the abuser when considering leaving.
Most deaths do occur when attempting to ____ so planning is critical to teach victims
Leave
__% of women and __% of men have experienced contact sexual violence (this includes rape, being made to penetrate someone else, sexual coercion, and/or unwanted sexual contact) from an intimate partner
16% of women and 7% of men
Personality traits- anger and ____ skills lacking
Lacking _____ skills
Subculture or individual attitudes _____ violence in relationships
1. Personality traits- anger and coping skills lacking,
2. Lacking communication skills
3. Subculture or individual attitudes condoning violence in relationships
Some stats...
Jefferson, AL: 27% increase
Portland, OR: 22% increase
San Antonio, TX: 18% increase
New York City, NY: 10% increase
Basic Intimate Partner Violence Safety Plan:
• It is important, whenever possible, to work with a domestic violence _____ to develop a safety plan that fits your needs
• Move to a room with more than one ____, avoiding rooms with potential ____ such as kitchen knives or heavy objects
• Unless you are in danger at that moment, try to ____ when the abuser is not at home or around you
• You have the ___ to protect yourself and your kids
• Call the National Domestic Violence _____ at 1-800-799-7233 for further information and guidance
• It is important, whenever possible, to work with a domestic violence advocate to develop a safety plan that fits your needs
• Move to a room with more than one exit, avoiding rooms with potential weapons such as kitchen knives or heavy objects.
• Unless you are in danger at that moment, try to leave when the abuser is not at home or around you.
• You have the right to protect yourself and your kids.
• Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for further information and guidance.”
What is IPV?
Occurs in all ____; occurs in all____ groups and in all ____ just disproportionately
Pattern of assault and course of behaviors that may include physical injury, psychological abuse, sexual assault, progressive social isolation, stalking, deprivation, intimidation and threats” between current or former partners of an intimate relationship, regardless of gender or marital status
• Occurs across all SES
• Occurs across all racial groups but disproportionately
• Occurs in all types of partner relationships: heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered individuals but disproportionately
* We found social factors that put people more at risk for violence are reduced access to resources, increased stress *
10% of women and 2% of men in the U.S. report being stalked by an intimate partner
Not highlighted
Bully or bully ___
Adherence to belief in ____ gender roles
SUD
Relationship factors: unresolved conflict, break-up/_____
1. Bully or bully victim
2. Adherence to belief in strict gender roles
3. SUD
4. Relationship factors: unresolved conflict, break-up/divorce
AIMS?
Main question: How are services addressing domestic violence coping, responding, and adapting during the pandemic? Assessment
1. Interviews with frontline providers and state leadership
2. Review of findings with a diverse group of key stakeholders
3. Generation of reports of key findings
4. Development and dissemination of guidance/capacity building for practice
Basic Intimate Partner Violence Safety Plan:
• Know the ____ route out of your home
• Know the quickest route out of your workplace, determine resources the employer may have to ____ employees, such as a security guard escort
• Keep a ___ ____with essentials: clothes, valuables, documents (such as passports, Social Security cards, medical records, bank cards, birth certificates), a list of phone contacts, a month’s supply of medications, and money; keep it ___ but make it easy to grab quickly, or consider keeping it with a friend, relative, or at work so it is not discovered by the abuser
• Know the quickest route out of your home.
• Know the quickest route out of your workplace. Determine resources the employer may have to protect employees, such as a security guard escort.
• Keep a bag packed with essentials: clothes, valuables, documents (such as passports, Social Security cards, medical records, bank cards, birth certificates), a list of phone contacts, a month’s supply of medications, and money. Keep it hidden but make it easy to grab quickly, or consider keeping it with a friend, relative, or at work so it is not discovered by the abuser.