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，新冠肺炎疫情加剧了家庭暴力。有许多值得称赞和有希望的方案来应对家庭暴力，但这些方案如何在大流行环境中服务于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，目前尚不清楚。这项合作研究建立了一份全国范围内的家庭暴力受害者方案清单，包括关于这些方案服务的关键信息。它还将产生关于家庭暴力的最有力预测因素的关键知识，以及有效提供服务和服务不足人口的战略。这项研究将解决方案研究的迫切需要，以增进对新冠肺炎构成的家庭暴力风险的了解，并为受害者和幸存者提供和获得全国范围内的资源。该项目结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方面性质。理论框架包括犯罪学、流行病学、公共卫生、服务倡导等视角。本研究还将评估家庭暴力受害者的服务需求，以确定针对家庭暴力的全国性积极和保护性干预措施。本研究将采用混合方法研究设计，其目标是：(1)确定新冠肺炎期间家庭暴力的已知风险因素和新新冠肺炎期间家庭暴力的相关风险因素；(2)确定新冠肺炎期间针对家庭暴力的保护因素；(3)根据幸存者的人口统计数据确定幸存者的近期和长期需求；(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)展示受害者和幸存者在降低风险和预防方面的特殊服务需求，以及(6)翻译研究成果并将知识传递给全国的从业者和学术界。这项研究将收集以下方面的数据：为家庭暴力受害者和幸存者提供的现有服务；与新冠肺炎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方面的障碍。这些数据将通过采访、焦点小组讨论和对全美受害者服务提供商的调查来收集。这项研究将提供证据，使受害者服务、公共卫生、执法和社区复原力领域的从业者、政策制定者和研究人员受益。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.