Summary Table of Health Services for Violence Against Women During Outbreaks in LMICs

A summary table from a scoping review of 32 academic papers on how health services for violence against women were affected during recent outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries. The review, conducted by Rose Burns, analyzed research from 20 countries, primarily during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on service supply and demand. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-30.

Use Cases

• Analyzing service adaptations like telehealth shifts based on descriptions of online service delivery.
• Studying help-seeking patterns based on reported increases or decreases in clinical presentations.
• Identifying barriers to access based on described economic and transportation challenges.
• Comparing service disruptions across different outbreak contexts mentioned in the review scope.

Strengths

• Based on a review of 32 academic papers meeting inclusion criteria.
• Research spans 20 countries, providing a multi-national perspective.
• Focuses on both supply and demand for services during outbreaks.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 29.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Scoping review of academic literature from Medline, Embase, Global Health, and Global Index Medicus.

Collection Method

Data extracted using a thematic framework from included papers.

Time Range

Covers recent outbreaks including Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19, though COVID-19 experiences are overrepresented.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 17:44:04; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Low- and middle-income country settings across 20 countries.