João Monjardino Award honors research into the impact of Covid-19 on violence in intimate relationships

In its first edition, the João Monjardino Prize, under the theme "Doctor-Patient Relationship: personalized medicine and/or narrative medicine?", will be awarded to the research paper "The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Precipitation of Episodes of Violence in Intimate Relationships", by Diana Moreira, an internal medicine doctor at USF Santa Maria, ACES Grande Porto II, Gondomar. The presentation session will take place on April 28 at 2pm at ICBAS - Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto. Participation in the face-to-face model is by invitation, but the session will be broadcast online via Zoom and accessible to all.

Diana Moreira's research paper, published in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry in June 2020, proposes a reflection on the increase in cases of Intimate Partner Violence (IRV) in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic; on the impact of isolation and social distancing measures due to the pandemic on these cases of IRV; and on the importance of the role of health professionals in these situations. Submitted to the João Monjardino Prize, the jury distinguished this work, among the other applications, as the winner of the prize, which is worth 10,000 euros.

The João Monjardino Prize was created in 2021 under a new protocol between the FCT and the Professor Francisco Pulido Valente Foundation, replacing the previous Pulido Valente Science Prize, which had its last edition in 2020.

More information on the FFPV website