Health Care Utilization by Women Sexual Assault Survivors after Emergency Care: Results of a Multisite Prospective Study

Citation

Short, Nicole A.; Lechner, Megan; McLean, Benjamin S.; Tungate, Andrew S.; Black, Jenny; Buchanan, Jennie A.; Reese, Rhiannon; Ho, Jeffrey D.; Reed, Gordon D.; & Platt, Melissa A., et al. (2021). Health Care Utilization by Women Sexual Assault Survivors after Emergency Care: Results of a Multisite Prospective Study. Depression and Anxiety, 38(1), 67-78. PMCID: PMC7785610

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Approximately, 100,000 US women receive emergency care after sexual assault each year, but no large-scale study has examined the incidence of posttraumatic sequelae, receipt of health care, and frequency of assault disclosure to providers. The current study evaluated health outcomes and service utilization among women in the 6 weeks after sexual assault.
METHODS: Women

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.23102

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2021

Journal Title

Depression and Anxiety

Author(s)

Short, Nicole A.
Lechner, Megan
McLean, Benjamin S.
Tungate, Andrew S.
Black, Jenny
Buchanan, Jennie A.
Reese, Rhiannon
Ho, Jeffrey D.
Reed, Gordon D.
Platt, Melissa A.
Riviello, Ralph J.
Rossi, Catherine H.
Nouhan, Patricia P.
Phillips, Carolyn A.
Martin, Sandra L.
Liberzon, Israel
Rauch, Sheila A. M.
Bollen, Kenneth A.
Kessler, Ronald C.
McLean, Samuel A.

Article Type

Regular

PMCID

PMC7785610

Data Set/Study

Women's Health Study

Continent/Country

United States of America

State

Nonspecific

Sex/Gender

Women

ORCiD

Bollen - 0000-0002-6710-3800