Physical abuse of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: Alarming increase in the relative frequency of hospitalizations during the lockdown period

M Loiseau, J Cottenet, S Bechraoui-Quantin… - Child abuse & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In France, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a general lockdown from mid-
March to mid-May 2020, forcing families to remain confined. We hypothesized that children …

Domestic violence and safe storage of firearms in the COVID-19 era

TK Duncan, JL Weaver, TL Zakrison, B Joseph… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Domestic violence (which includes violence against partners, children, parents, or the
elderly), intimate partner violence (IPV)(which includes violence that occurs in a close …

Older adults abuse in three Brazilian cities

RAP Rodrigues, EA Monteiro, AMR Santos… - Revista brasileira de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To analyze the police reports filed by older adults who suffered abuse in order to
identify the socio-demographic characteristics of victims and aggressors, type of violence …

Head trauma in a community-based sample of victims of intimate partner violence: prevalence, mechanisms of injury and symptom presentation

JE Meyer, V Jammula, PA Arnett - Journal of interpersonal …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. The present study aimed to explore the prevalence of subconcussive head
trauma, traumatic brain injury (TBI), potential hypoxic events, and hypoxic brain injury (HBI) …

Intimate partner violence in the orthopaedic patient population: what surgeons need to know

JA Kunes, MN Ulrich, CE Orr, LK Cannada… - JBJS …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Methods This systematic review followed the guidelines set out by the Preferred Reporting
Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 14. A literature search was conducted …

Traumatic injuries due to interpersonal and domestic violence in the United States

L Tennakoon, NA Hakes, LM Knowlton… - Journal of surgical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Domestic and intimate partner violence (DV) are under-reported causes of
injury. We describe the health care utilization of DV patients, hypothesizing they are at …

Older adult abuse in a service for sexual and domestic violence: Medico-legal implications from the experience of an Italian center

L Franceschetti, VG Merelli, M Margherita… - Forensic science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Older adults are subject to vulnerability and abusive behaviors have serious negative health
consequences. Since the phenomenon is underestimated, several challenges are faced to …

Dealing with the elder abuse epidemic: Disparities in interventions against elder abuse in trauma centers

K El‐Qawaqzeh, H Hosseinpour, L Gries… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Elder abuse is a major cause of injury, morbidity, and death. We aimed to
identify the factors associated with interventions against suspected physical abuse in older …

Experiences of abuse and neglect of older adults in internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, Lugbe, Abuja, Nigeria

PC Ekoh, P Okah, C Onalu, S Ebimgbo, J Ene… - Journal of Population …, 2022 - Springer
The activities of insurgent groups like Boko-Haram have led to the displacement of millions
of Nigerians, including a large population of older people who are made more vulnerable to …

Upper extremity fractures due to intimate partner violence versus accidental causes

B Khurana, A Raja, GSM Dyer, SE Seltzer… - Emergency …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of intimate partner violence
(IPV)-related upper extremity fractures (UEF) in women presenting to US emergency …