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Concord Monitor May 27, 2020 The coalition’s Director of Public Affairs Amanda Grady Sexton said stay-at-home orders designed to minimize viral transmission have meant that many victims are trapped with their abusers for longer periods of time and have fewer opportunities to seek help. She said the alternative filing method will ensure victims who face even greater barriers due to the pandemic can still take steps to seek safety for themselves and their children.
Concord Monitor May 22. 2020 Linda Douglas, the coalition’s trauma-informed services specialist, said the pandemic has severely limited victims’ access to critical support systems that are an integral part of their healing journey. Support groups for people who’ve experienced domestic violence or substance abuse have been canceled altogether or moved to online formats. Additionally, medical professionals, including therapists, are utilizing telehealth services in an effort to limit in-person contact, but not all victims are comfortable with remote care or can access it, she said.
Seacoast Online May 7, 2020 Janet Carroll, RN, is the clinical coordinator for Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s sexual assault nurse examiner program (SANE). Made up of a group of specially trained nurses, the mission of SANE is to deliver compassionate, comprehensive, ethical, culturally sensitive, expert medical forensic care and treatment to patients who have experienced violence such as sexual assault, intimate partner violence and elder or vulnerable adult abuse. In addition, SANE provides specialized care to victims of several other kinds of traumatic violence such as human trafficking, strangulation, gunshot wounds or stab wounds.
Too many quarantinis? Some fear long-term effects of increasing alcohol use during pandemic5/4/2020
Union Leader May 2, 2020 Amanda Grady Sexton, from the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, said the pandemic is creating more opportunities for abusers to isolate and gain access to their victims. Some women have had to move back in with their abusers for economic reasons, she said.
“Poverty and alcoholism and depression do not cause domestic violence, but all of those factors almost always make existing abuse worse,” she said. “The risk of violence may certainly increase when abusers consume alcohol and other drugs, and victims’ injuries can be more severe.” Eagle Tribune April 22, 2020
“The pandemic itself might not be creating more abuse, but is creating more opportunity for abuse," said Pamela Keilig, public policy specialist for the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. She explained that current circumstances might give abusers the ability to exert more power, especially in decision-making. The worst outcome, she said, would be that people stop reaching out for help, especially, she said, if they don't realize it's still available. “Even though we are isolating we don’t have to be alone," Keilig said. Union Leader Apr 22, 2020
When Sullivan County Department of Corrections Superintendent David Berry heard about a program that lets the victims of violent crimes track their assailants, he knew he wanted to bring it to New Hampshire. “I thought it was a great idea,” he said. VINE is a real-time notification program that not only allows the tracking of assailants, but when they are released from custody. “If you were the victim of a domestic assault, or sexual assault, you would want to know,” Berry said. “It’s somewhat empowering.” |
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