Collaborative Research: The Impact of Covid-19 on Victimization Risk and Service Needs for Domestic Violence Victims and Survivors

越来越多的证据表明，COVID-19疫情加剧了家庭暴力。有许多值得赞扬和有前途的方案来应对家庭暴力，但目前尚不清楚这些方案如何科普大流行病的环境，为家庭暴力受害者和幸存者，特别是来自不同背景和生活在弱势社区的个人提供服务。这项合作研究建立了一个全国范围内的家庭暴力受害者方案清单，包括有关这些方案服务的重要信息。它还将产生关于家庭暴力最强预测因素的重要知识，以及有效提供服务和向得不到充分服务的人口提供服务的战略。这项研究将解决方案研究的迫切需要，以提高人们对COVID-19带来的家庭暴力风险的认识，以及受害者和幸存者获得全国资源的可用性和可及性。该项目整合了多学科理论框架和快速评估方法，以了解家庭暴力的多面性。理论框架包括犯罪学、流行病学、公共卫生、服务倡导等视角。本研究将采用混合方法研究设计，其目的是：（1）确定在COVID-19期间加剧的家庭暴力的已知风险因素和与COVID-19相关的新的家庭暴力风险因素;（2）确定COVID-19期间防止家庭暴力的保护因素;（3）根据幸存者的人口统计数据确定其当前和长期需求;（4）编制全国所有家庭暴力项目的最新清单，以评估服务需求;（5）表明受害者和幸存者在减轻风险和预防方面的特殊服务需求，以及（6）翻译研究结果，并向全国的从业者和学术界传授知识。该研究将收集有关家庭暴力受害者和幸存者现有服务的数据;与COVID-19相关的家庭暴力风险因素和服务需求;以及提供和获得服务的障碍。这些数据将通过访谈、焦点小组讨论以及对美国各地受害者服务提供者的调查来收集。这项研究将产生证据，将有利于从业者，政策制定者和研究人员在受害者服务，公共卫生，执法和社区resilience.This奖项反映了NSF的法定使命领域的工作，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

There is increasing evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated domestic violence. There are many commendable and promising programs to respond to domestic violence, but it is not known how these programs cope in the pandemic environment to serve domestic violence victims and survivors, and especially individuals from diverse backgrounds and living in disadvantaged communities. This collaborative study builds a nationwide inventory of domestic violence victim programs including critical information about these programs' services. It will also generate critical knowledge on strongest predictors of domestic violence and strategies for efficient service provision and servicing underserved populations. This study will address the urgent need for programmatic research to advance the knowledge of domestic violence risks posed by COVID-19 and the availability and accessibility of nationwide resources for victims and survivors. The project integrates a multidisciplinary theoretical framework and a Rapid Assessment Methodology to understand the multifaceted nature of domestic violence. The theoretical framework includes criminological, epidemiological, public health, service advocacy perspectives. This study will also assess the service needs of domestic violence victims to identify nationwide proactive and protective interventions against domestic violence.This study will use a mixed-methods study design and its objectives are to: (1) determine the known risk factors of domestic violence which have heightened during COVID-19 and new COVID-19 related risk factors for domestic violence; (2) identify protective factors against domestic violence during COVID-19; (3) identify the immediate and long-term needs of survivors based on their demographics; (4) compile an up to date inventory of all domestic violence programs nationwide to assess service needs; (5) demonstrate the special service needs of victims and survivors for mitigating risks and prevention, and (6) translate the research findings and transfer the knowledge to the practitioner and scholarly communities nationwide. The study will gather data on existing services for domestic violence victims and survivors; COVID-19 related domestic violence risk factors and service needs; and the barriers in providing and accessing services. The data will be collected via interviews, focus groups discussions, and a survey with victim service providers across the US. This study will produce evidence that will benefit practitioners, policymakers, and researchers working in the fields of victim services, public health, law enforcement, and community resilience.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.