Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused : WHO clinical guidelines
Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused : WHO clinical guidelines
World Health Organization
- Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, 2017
- electronic document (73 pages) ; PDF file: 904.48 KB
WHO has published these guidelines aimed at helping front-line health workers, primarily from low resource settings, in providing evidence-based, quality, trauma-informed care to survivors. The guidelines emphasize the importance of promoting safety, offering choices and respecting the wishes and autonomy of children and adolescents. They cover recommendations for post-rape care and mental health; and approaches to minimizing distress in the process of taking medical history, conducting examination and documenting findings. (From the website). Record 5635
978-92-4-155014-7
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
ADOLESCENTS
CHILDREN
GUIDELINES
HEALTH
INTERVENTION
RAPE
TRAUMA
YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO has published these guidelines aimed at helping front-line health workers, primarily from low resource settings, in providing evidence-based, quality, trauma-informed care to survivors. The guidelines emphasize the importance of promoting safety, offering choices and respecting the wishes and autonomy of children and adolescents. They cover recommendations for post-rape care and mental health; and approaches to minimizing distress in the process of taking medical history, conducting examination and documenting findings. (From the website). Record 5635
978-92-4-155014-7
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
ADOLESCENTS
CHILDREN
GUIDELINES
HEALTH
INTERVENTION
RAPE
TRAUMA
YOUNG PEOPLE