Urgent care-seeking and injury severity for intimate partner violence during COVID-19: a Canadian retrospective chart review

• Main Authors: Alison N. Ross (Author), Emma Duchesne (Author), Jane Lewis (Author), Patrick A. Norman (Author), Susan A. Bartels (Author), Melanie Walker (Author), Nicole Rocca (Author)
• Format: Bog
• Udgivet: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Early reports raised alarms that intimate partner violence (IPV) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but initial studies showed that visits to emergency departments (EDs) decreased. This study assessed the impact of the prolonged pandemic and its associated restrictions on bo...