A Public Health Program for Sexually Assaulted Females

Sexually assaulted victims are getting younger.

INTRODUCTION From the clinical forensic examination reports produced by the Department of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2007 concerning rape, attempted rape and sexual assault (RAS), circumstances were extracted and analysed focussing on age, relationship, lesions, violence, location and alcohol intoxication...

Men sexually assaulted as adults and sexually abused as boys.

Previous research on sexually victimized men has mainly addressed the acute symptoms seen in hospital emergency rooms and psychiatric clinics. Findings are reported on 14 men, all but 1 of whom had been sexually traumatized much earlier in life, as boys or young adults. Several problem areas are described: repression, denial, or normalization of the trauma; self-blame and shame; posttraumatic s...

Clinical presentation and management of alleged sexually assaulted females at Mulago hospital, Kampala, Uganda.

OBJECTIVE To determine the presentation and treatment offered to sexually assaulted females attending emergency gynaecological ward in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. SETTING Mulago hospital gynaecological emergency ward. STUDY DESIGN Prospective descriptive study. PARTICIPANTS Fifty eight sexually assaulted females were recruited from 1 st March 2000 to 31 st December 2000. They were i...

Internet treatment of sexually transmitted infections – a public health hazard?

BACKGROUND Owing to the stigma associated with sexually transmitted infections, patients may prefer to keep their illness private, and choose instead to try self-treatment remedies from the internet. However, such remedies may prove hazardous if the sellers do not provide detailed advice on adverse effects, or on avoiding transmission and re-infection. We conducted an internet search to determi...

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