Gaetano Di Donna, Pierpaolo Di Lorenzo, Carmen Imma Aquino, Mariagrazia Marisei, Claudia Casella, Daniela Surico, Massimo Niola, Maurizio Guida
Children, women, and older people suffer different types of violence, which appears to have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic and the relative lockdown. The aim of this study is to analyze the literature about gender violence and abuse in the different ages of life and during the COVID-19 lockdown. Data were obtained from an electronic literature search using various online sources such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct and Web of Science. The terms "child abuse" were the most frequently used, followed in frequency by "gender violence," "femicide," and, lastly, "elderly abuse...
April 22, 2024: Int J Soc Determinants Health Health Serv