The Hidden Pandemic of Family Violence During COVID-19: Unsupervised Learning of Tweets.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Family violence (including intimate partner violence/domestic violence, child abuse, and elder abuse) is a hidden pandemic happening alongside COVID-19. The rates of family violence are rising fast, and women and children are disproportionately affected and vulnerable during this time.

Authors

  • Jia Xue
    Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Junxiang Chen
    School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
  • Chen Chen
    The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Ran Hu
    Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Tingshao Zhu
    CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.