Barriers to engagement in acute and post-acute sexual assault response services: A practice-based scoping review
Fitzgerald, Kristy, Wooler, Sally, Petrovic, Dara, Crickmore, Jen, Fortnum, Kristy, Hegarty, Letitcha, Fichera, Chantal, and Kuipers, Pim (2017) Barriers to engagement in acute and post-acute sexual assault response services: A practice-based scoping review. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, 19 (2).
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Abstract
Background: Engaging victims of sexual assault in acute and post-acute sexual assault services is vital for their immediate and longer term wellbeing, but is also a major challenge for practitioners and services.
Methods: A practice-based scoping review was conducted to identify barriers to engagement. After search limiters were applied, 339 articles were screened at various levels, resulting in 27 articles, which were reviewed by two reviewers and appraised for quality and relevance.
Results: Eighteen key barriers were identified within the four categories of: service and system barriers, health professional barriers, person/survivor barriers, and person context barriers.
Conclusion: The identified barriers provide a useful guide for practitioners as key issues to address or consider when seeking to promote greater victim/patient engagement in acute and post-acute sexual assault services. The need for a “victim centred response” is highlighted..
| Item ID: | 74215 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Other) |
| ISSN: | 1522-4821 |
| Keywords: | Acute hospital, Patient engagement, Post-acute hospital, Rape, Scoping review, Sexual assault |
| Copyright Information: | All works published by International Journal of Mental Health and Human Resilience are under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This permits anyone to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2022 02:03 |
| FoR Codes: | 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4409 Social work > 440901 Clinical social work practice @ 80% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4205 Nursing > 420501 Acute care @ 20% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2003 Provision of health and support services > 200304 Inpatient hospital care @ 15% 20 HEALTH > 2003 Provision of health and support services > 200311 Urgent and critical care, and emergency medicine @ 50% 20 HEALTH > 2003 Provision of health and support services > 200302 Community health care @ 35% |
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