Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 September 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19. AIHW, 2021.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19. Canberra: AIHW; 2021.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report brings together data from a range of national sources to show how service responses to family, domestic and sexual violence changed at the onset, and during, the COVID-19 pandemic.
New and updated data are available in Family, domestic and sexual violence: FDSV and COVID-19.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-939-8
- Cat. no: FDV 8
- Pages: 20
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National data from specialist family and domestic violence services remains a key data gap
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Data on FDSV service use during the pandemic show that the picture is mixed
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Service use may rise and fall for a number of reasons, including changes to accessibility or availability of services
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Many women reported that violence had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic