COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Online Sex Advertising and Sex Trafficking

Castro, Vanessa; Carr, Bridgette; Bredin, Glen; Guikema, Seth D.

doi:10.1080/23322705.2023.2215362

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“…2 Since the onset of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, GBV has increased in the US and globally. [3][4][5][6][7][8] Gender-based violence describes violence toward an individual based on their gender; for our purposes we use the term to reference three forms of GBV-IPV, sexual violence, and sex trafficking-as these were the specific forms of violence measured within our study setting.…”

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“…13,21 Social conditions and well-intended pandemic mitigation tactics exacerbated GBV including increased likelihood of abuse and exploitation, and loss of access to social supports and community resources. 7,9,10 As the pandemic began in Spring 2020 ED clinicians at a large, safety net hospital in Atlanta GA, observed increased difficulty attaining safe discharge plans, including connections to community resources, for survivors of GBV. Our goal in this study was to assess the needs of survivors of IPV, sexual assault, and sex trafficking to secure a safe discharge plan following hospitalbased care.…”

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Safe Discharge Needs Following Emergency Care for Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Sex Trafficking

Clery¹,

Olsen²,

Marcovitch³

et al. 2023

WestJEM

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Introduction For survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) seeking care in hospital emergency departments (ED) the need for medical care and safe discharge is acute. Methods In this study we evaluated safe discharge needs of GBV survivors following hospital-based care at a public hospital in Atlanta, GA, in 2019 and between April 1, 2020–September 30, 2021, using both retrospective chart review and evaluation of a novel clinical observation protocol for safe discharge planning. Results Of 245 unique encounters, only 60% of patients experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) were discharged with a safe plan and only 6% were discharged to shelters. This hospital instituted an ED observation unit (EDOU) to support GBV survivors with safe disposition. Then, through the EDOU protocol, 70.7% were able to achieve safe disposition, with 33% discharged to a family/friend and 31% discharged to a shelter. Conclusion Safe disposition following experience or disclosure of IPV and GBV in the ED is difficult, and social work staff have limited bandwidth to assist with navigation of accessing community-based resources. Through an average 24.3 hours of an extended ED observation protocol, 70% of patients were able to achieve a safe disposition. The EDOU supportive protocol substantially increased the proportion of the GBV survivors who experienced a safe discharge.

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