Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) are drivers of women's morbidity
and mortality in urban environments yet remain among the most underreported crimes in the …

This article reviews two types of community-based approaches to addressing sexual assault
that survivors may encounter—sexual assault nurse examiners and victim advocates from …

After a sexual assault, survivors have the option of seeking a medical forensic exam, which
includes medical evaluation and treatment, as well as forensic evidence collection. Forensic …

Compelled disclosure policies require many US higher education employees to report all
disclosures of sexual violence. These federally mandated policies make it important that …

Objective: Sexual assault victims are advised to have a medical forensic exam (MFE) to
address postassault health concerns (eg, injuries, sexually transmitted infections …

Violence against women is a major public health and human rights problem. In response,
countries have sought to empower and support victims and strengthen violence prevention …

Method We collected prospective data from seven state-funded sexual assault nurse
examiner programs. Forensic nurses recorded information about all adult sexual assault …

This study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected sexual assault healthcare
services in a predominately African American US city. In mixed methods research design …

Rape is a criminal offence in all countries of the world. However, what constitutes rape in the
legal sense differs from country to country, with many common law countries sharing some …

The current study evaluated the associations between pre-assault factors, assault
characteristics, and multiple sexual assault medical forensic exams (SAMFEs) on …