Healio (2/23, Welsh) reports that “during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a temporary increase in unstable or unsafe living situations and intimate partner violence for pregnant people in the U.S., according to” results of a “cross-sectional population-based interrupted time-series analysis” published online in JAMA Network Open. The study team “noted a 38% increase in unstable and/or unsafe living situations during the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic…and a return to the overall trend afterward for the remaining study period,” as well as “a 101% increase in intimate partner violence during the first 2 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Related Links:
— “Increase in domestic violence seen early in COVID-19 pandemic among pregnant individuals “Erin T. Welsh, Healio, February 23, 2023