Intimate Partner Violence in the Era of Pandemic: Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 and a Text-based Mitigation Campaign in Urban Peru

Peru Health & Nutrition Peace & Recovery

Intimate Partner Violence in the Era of Pandemic: Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 and a Text-based Mitigation Campaign in Urban Peru

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Researchers

Erica Field, Javier Romero

Abstract

Researchers are implementing two rounds of phone-based surveys to a large sample of couples in urban Peru to: (i) understand the impact on IPV and intra-household conflict of restrictions instituted to contain the spread of COVID-19; (ii) characterize couples at heightened risk of IPV as a result of these measures in order to increase understanding of risk factors for IPV and inform the government’s response to IPV by helping them target services to couples most in need; and (iii) evaluate the efficacy of an SMS intervention designed to help men manage emotional regulation while at heightened risk of committing expressive violence.

Funding for this project was provided by J-PAL's Innovation in Government Initiative.

Partners

Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP), Peru

Impact Goals

  • Improve women’s health, safety, and economic empowerment

Project Data Collection Mode

  • CATI (Computer-assisted telephone interviewing)
  • SMS

Results Status

No Results Yet