Domestic Violence During COVID-19
Data2Action
Alberta Domestic and Sexual Violence
Response to COVID-19
The Data2Action initiative is a partnership with Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence, HelpSeeker (a social enterprise that offers systems planning and integration solutions), and IMPACT (a provincial collective impact initiative to eradicate domestic and sexual violence in Alberta). The project works across sectors in Alberta to coordinate strategic responses to domestic violence effectively through systems mapping (to capture in real time the network of formal and informal services available across Alberta); and leveraging existing data and information sources across sectors to create data dashboards that provide a real time picture on domestic violence across cities and regions in Alberta. Data2Action will curate, analyze, and disseminate real-time and long-term information from key community stakeholders in the areas of domestic and sexual violence to inform community-based strategies, interventions, and government policies that prevent and respond to domestic and sexual violence.
Supporting the Design and Implementation of Virtual or Remote-Based Interventions to Provide Trauma-Focused Treatment and Care for Individuals and Families at-Risk of Domestic Violence During COVID-19
This project is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and is focused on:
Mobilizing knowledge on the application and feasibility of virtual care interventions to provide trauma-focused treatment to individuals and families at risk of domestic violence in Alberta; and…
Supporting the implementation of virtual care interventions to address domestic violence within a primary healthcare setting
This project aims to enhance knowledge on the use of virtual care in reaching individuals and families at-risk of domestic violence in the current pandemic context and identify scalable and appropriate virtual care interventions to address domestic violence. This project also aims to strengthen multi-sectoral collaboration to support the implementation of virtual care to respond to domestic violence related trauma post-COVID 19.
Click below for information on other Domestic Violence projects unrelated to COVID-19.
Evidence Summaries on Virtual Delivery of Domestic Violence Interventions During COVID-19
Handbook on Virtual or Remote-Based Delivery of Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Interventions
To address the domestic violence and sexual violence crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide physically distanced care, there has been a major accelerated move towards the adoption and implementation of virtual or remote-based interventions and services. In collaboration with IMPACT (a provincial collective impact initiative to eradicate domestic and sexual violence in Alberta) a handbook was developed to provide evidence-based guidance for the anti-violence sector (inlcuding the health sector) in Alberta on how to deliver virtual or remote-based interventions for interventions for individuals experience, at-risk, or survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence. The purpose of the handbook is to:
To support evidence-based practice and decisions on the delivery of virtual domestic violence and sexual violence interventions for the anti-violence sector in Alberta, with consideration for interventions that incorporate gender-responsive approaches to trauma (e.g., cultural, historical, and immigration-related trauma) and strategies for addressing digital exclusion
To build capacity among organizations offering virtual or remote-based interventions to clients and survivors of domes- tic violence or sexual violence.
To identify promising virtual or remote-based interventions for individuals and families experiencing or at-risk of domestic violence and sexual violence, with a particular consideration of challenges encountered during the current pandemic context in Alberta and into the future