Association Between COVID-19 Lockdown Measures and Emergency Department Visits for Violence-Related Injuries in Cardiff, Wales

Jonathan P Shepherd; Simon C Moore; Abigail Long; Laura M Mercer Kollar; Steven A Sumner

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.25511

Association Between COVID-19 Lockdown Measures and Emergency Department Visits for Violence-Related Injuries in Cardiff, Wales

JAMA. 2021 Mar 2;325(9):885-887. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.25511.

Authors

Jonathan P Shepherd¹, Simon C Moore¹, Abigail Long², Laura M Mercer Kollar³, Steven A Sumner⁴

Affiliations

¹ Crime and Security Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales.
² Informatics and Reporting Team, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, Wales.
³ Division of Violence Prevention, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

This study investigates emergency department visits for violence-related injuries occurring at home and outside the home in Cardiff, Wales, before and after COVID-19 lockdown measures were instituted in March 2020.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
COVID-19*
Child
Domestic Violence / trends
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Emergency Service, Hospital / trends*
Female
Humans
Male
Quarantine*
Violence / trends*
Wales / epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology*