학술논문
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Staff in Violence Against Women Services.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*WELL-being
*PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout
*DOMESTIC violence
*WOMEN
*INTERVIEWING
*EMOTIONAL trauma
*QUALITATIVE research
*SURVEYS
*RESEARCH funding
*EMPLOYEES' workload
*AFFECTIVE disorders
*JUDGMENT sampling
*STATISTICAL sampling
*DATA analysis software
*THEMATIC analysis
*COVID-19 pandemic
*PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
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ISSN
1077-8012
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has been harmful to survivors of abuse. Less understood is the impact on staff in the violence against women (VAW) service sector. Using interpretive description methodology, we examined staff experiences during the pandemic in Ontario, Canada, and found four core themes: (1) the emotional toll of the work; (2) remote (doesn't) work; (3) work restructuring; (4) efforts to stay well and subthemes nuancing staff experiences in a sector vulnerable to vicarious trauma. This research underscores the need to mitigate experiences of stress, heavy workloads, and guilt for staff in VAW services during crises and provides action-oriented recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]