'We had about $500k in savings. All of that is gone.' - The Commercial Determinants of Health in Family Court

Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno is a senior lecturer and researcher in women and children's health and justice at the University of Manchester, UK, and the founder and director of the globalSHERA Research Group. She is a world-leading academic expert in her core area of research - how coercive control and post-separation abuse, especially in the family courts, impacts women and children. Elizabeth specialises in the harms caused by institutions and male-perpetrated abuse, as well as the safety, protection and recovery of mothers and children. All posts contain content you may find upsetting - resources for support are availablehere. This post discusses new research highlighting the growing commercialisation of the family justice system and considers how these costs interact to become powerful and oftentimes negative determinants of health for victim-survivor mothers and children.