Obstetrics, gynecology, andrology, sexual and reproductive health

Violence

Sexual violence, sexual abuse, sexual harassment

 

Australia

• Australian Family Physician
  • Disclosures of sexual abuse: what do you do next? [2015]
  • Sexual trauma in women – the importance of identifying a history of sexual violence [2012]

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Sexual assault in Australia - In focus [2020]

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Clinical management of patients presenting following a sexual assault [2020]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Legislation in Victoria on sexual offenders: issues for health professionals [2005]

• O&G Magazine
  • Clinical assessment of sexual assault [2017]
  • Assessment of sexual abuse in adolescents [2017]

Bangladesh

• Women's Health
  • Sexual violence against woman at quarantine center during coronavirus disease 2019 in Bangladesh: Risk factors and recommendations [2021]

Belgium

• BMC Geriatrics
  • Sexual violence in older adults: a Belgian prevalence study [2021]

• International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Towards a more integrated and gender-sensitive care delivery for victims of sexual assault: key findings and recommendations from the Belgian sexual assault care centre feasibility study [2018]

Brazil

• Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Frequency of self-reported sexual aggression and victimization in Brazil: a literature review [2016]

• Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • Women’s protection public policies: evaluation of health care for victims of sexual violence [2017]

• Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
  • Trend of social iniquities in reports of sexual violence in Brazil between 2010 and 2014 [2020]

• Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
  • Guidelines for care in sexual violence: the role of medical training [2021]

• Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
  • Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020: sexual violence [2021]

Canada

• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
  • Sex Offender Treatment Programs Delivered In-Person or Virtually for Adults Convicted of Sexual Offences in Various Settings: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines [2020]

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • The Sexual Abuse of Young People with a Disability or Chronic Health Condition [2011]

Democratic Republic of Congo

• American Journal of Public Health
  • Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo [2011]

Eastern and Southern Africa

• BMC Proceedings
  • Harmonizing national abortion and pregnancy prevention laws and policies for sexual violence survivors with the Maputo Protocol: proceedings of a 2016 regional technical meeting in sub-Saharan Africa [2018]

Ethiopia

• PLoS ONE
  • Predictors of sexual violence among female students in higher education institutions in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

• Reproductive Health
  • Prevalence of sexual violence in Ethiopian workplaces: systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

France

• PLoS ONE
  • From sexual harassment to sexual assault: Prevalence and correlates of sexual trauma in the French military [2021]

Germany

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • The Prevalence of Sexual Violence [2016]

Guatemala

• UN Women
  • Documenting good practice on accountability for conflict-related sexual violence: The Sepur Zarco case [2022]

High-income countries

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Prevalence of Workplace Sexual Violence against Healthcare Workers Providing Home Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2020]

India

• Indian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Rape: Legal issues in mental health perspective [2013]
  • Mental health assessment of rape offenders [2013]

International

• BMC Public Health
  • The prevalence rate of sexual violence worldwide: a trend analysis [2020]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Prevalence of Sexual Abuse in Adults with Intellectual Disability: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]

• International Planned Parenthood Federation
  • IMAP statement on Sexual and Gender-based violence [2020]

• Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Among Adolescents: Emerging Evidence of Effectiveness [2015]

• Population Council
  • Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

• Revista de Saúde Pública
  • Prevalence of sexual violence among refugees: a systematic review [2019]

• UN Women
  • What will it take? Promoting cultural change to end sexual harassment [2019]
  • Towards an end to sexual harassment: The urgency and nature of change in the era of #MeToo [2018]

• World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry
  • The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for the treatment of adolescent sexual offenders with paraphilic disorders [2015]

Ireland

• Health Information and Quality Authority
  • Guidance on Intimacy and Sexual Relationships [2014]

• Ireland's Health Services
  • National Guidelines on Referral and Forensic Clinical Examination Following Rape and Sexual Assault (Ireland) [2023]

Kenya

• Forensic Science International: Synergy
  • Forensic observations and recommendations on sexual and gender based violence in Kenya [2019]

Latin America and the Caribbean

• BMC Public Health
  • Latin American and Caribbean countries’ baseline clinical and policy guidelines for responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women [2015]

Low and middle income countries

• BMJ Global Health
  • The implementation and effectiveness of the one stop centre model for intimate partner and sexual violence in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of barriers and enablers [2020]

• BMJ Open
  • Measurement and prevalence of sexual harassment in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

• Conflict and Health
  • The impact of interventions to reduce risk and incidence of intimate partner violence and sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict states and other humanitarian crises in low and middle income countries: a systematic review [2021]

Low-resource settings

• Forensic Science International: Synergy
  • Achieving more with less: A critical review of protocols for forensic investigation of sexual violence in low-resource environments [2020]

Namibia

• WHO Regional Office for Africa
  • Clinical Handbook on the health care of Survivors Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence and/or Sexual Violence, Namibia [2020]

Nepal

• World Health Organization
  • Perspectives on sexual violence during early years of marriage in Nepal: findings from a qualitative study [2009]

New Zealand

• American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Prevalence of Nonpartner Physical and Sexual Violence Against People With Disabilities [2021]

Nigeria

• BMC Women's Health
  • Sexual assault in Lagos, Nigeria: a five year retrospective review [2014]

Poland

• Ginekologia Polska
  • Recommendations of the Group of Experts of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians regarding proceeding with victims of crimes against sexual freedom (01.01.2021) [2021]

South Africa

• Médecins Sans Frontières
  • Untreated violence: Critical gaps in medical and clinical forensic care for survivors of sexual violence in South Africa [2017]

• Sexual Violence Research Initiative
  • Sexual Violence Research Initiative

• South African Medical Research Council
  • Research Brief: Evidence on the Long-Term Health Impact following Rape [2021]
  • Rape Justice In South Africa: A Retrospective Study Of The Investigation, Prosecution And Adjudication Of Reported Rape Cases From 2012 [2017]

Southern Africa

• BMC Public Health
  • Making the invisible visible: a systematic review of sexual minority women’s health in Southern Africa [2016]

Spain

• BMJ Open
  • Prevalence and associated factors with sexual violence victimisation youth before, during and after the COVID-19 lockdown: a cross-sectional study in Spain [2021]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Forced Sexual Initiation and Early Sexual Debut and Associated Risk Factors and Health Problems Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women — Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys, Nine PEPFAR Countries, 2007–2018 [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Sexual violence and unmet need for contraception among married and cohabiting women in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from demographic and health surveys [2020]

United Kingdom

• British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
  • British Association for Sexual Health and HIV National guidelines for the management of individuals disclosing sexual violence in sexual health services (2022) [2022]
  • UK national guidelines on the management of adult and adolescent complainants of sexual assault 2011 [2012]

• Care Quality Commission
  • Sexual safety on mental health wards [2018]

• Healthcare Improvement Scotland
  • Healthcare and forensic medical services for people who have experienced rape or sexual assault - Indicators [2020]
  • Healthcare and forensic medical services for people who have experienced rape or sexual assault standards [2017]

• NHS England
  • Supporting male victims/survivors accessing a sexual assault referral centre: good practice guide [2022]
  • Strategic direction for sexual assault and abuse services [2018]
  • Public health functions to be exercised by NHS England – Service Specification: Sexual Assault Referral Centres [2018]

• Public Health England
  • Interventions to prevent intimate partner and sexual violence

• Public Health Scotland
  • Gender based violence, Rape and sexual assault - what health workers need to know [2019]

• Scottish Government
  • Sexual Assault Response Coordination Service: guidance for healthcare professionals [2023]
  • Supporting adults who present having experienced rape or sexual assault: clinical pathway [2020]
  • Rape, sexual abuse or child sexual abuse medical services: guide for service providers [2019]

United States

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Creating Work and Learning Environments Free of Gender-Based Harassment in Pediatric Health Care [2022]
  • Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace and Educational Settings [2006]

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Sexual Assault [2019]
  • Reproductive and Sexual Coercion [2013]

• American Journal of Community Psychology
  • Race and the Criminal Justice System Response to Sexual Assault: A Systematic Review [2019]

• American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • National Prevalence of Sexual Violence by a Workplace-Related Perpetrator [2020]

• American Journal of Public Health
  • Monitoring Sexual Violence Trends in Emergency Department Visits Using Syndromic Data From the National Syndromic Surveillance Program—United States, January 2017–December 2019 [2021]

• American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
  • Sexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement [2020]

• American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
  • ASCLD statement on volume of untested sexual assault evidence kits [2020]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Sexual Assault and Abuse and STIs - STI Treatment Guidelines [2021]
  • Nonvoluntary or Forced Sex Among Women, by Sexual Identity, Attraction, and Behavior — National Survey of Family Growth, United States, 2011–2017 [2021]
  • Sexual Violence in the Media: An Exploration of Traditional Print Media Reporting in the United States, 2014–2017 [2020]
  • Moving Forward by Looking Back: Reflecting on a Decade of CDC's Work in Sexual Violence Prevention, 2000–2010 [2012]
  • Sexual Violence

• Military Medicine
  • Evaluations of Sexual Assault Prevention Programs in Military Settings: A Synthesis of the Research Literature [2018]

• Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Responding to Prenatal Disclosure of Past Sexual Abuse [2014]

• Office on Women's Health
  • Sexual assault and rape

Western Balkans

• UN Women
  • Reparations for conflict-related sexual violence: Lessons from the Western Balkans [2017]

Western Pacific

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Sexual violence [2016]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Preventing and responding to sexual misconduct: WHO’s three-year strategy 2023-2025 [2023]
  • Clinical management of rape and intimate partner violence survivors: developing protocols for use in humanitarian settings [2020]
  • Strengthening the medico-legal response to sexual violence [2015]
  • Worldwide prevalence of non-partner sexual violence: a systematic review [2014]
  • Health care for women subjected to intimate partner violence or sexual violence: a clinical handbook [2014]
  • Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women [2013]
  • WHO ethical and safety recommendations for researching, documenting and monitoring sexual violence in emergencies [2007]
  • Violence Info – Sexual violence
  • Non-partner sexual violence prevalence (%)
  • Extent of implementation of medico-legal services for victims of sexual violence

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