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Canadian cross-sectional survey of healthcare, social and community service providers’ capacity to respond to sex trafficked persons

open access: yesBMJ Open
Objective To examine the impact of the extent of education and/or training on sex trafficking among healthcare, social and community service providers and the impact of education and/or training on their capacity to respond to sex trafficked persons ...
Janice Du Mont   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern of Sexual Assault in Gharbia Governorate during the Period between 2011-2014: Retrospective and Cross Section Study [PDF]

open access: yesAin Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, 2018
Background: Sexual assault is a special type of violence with great effects on the victims. In Egypt, there are no accurate statistical data about sexual assault.
Mona Abo El-Noor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Whose credibility is it anyway: professional authority and relevance in forensic nurse examinations of sexual assault survivors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
There is an inherent tension in the information gathering and recording stages of the forensic medical examination of rape survivors. Medical practitioners do not wish to record information that can undermine a complainant’s credibility, but at the same ...
Rees, Gethin
core   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Delineating gender/sex‐related studies through bibliometric analysis

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The multidisciplinary and socially grounded nature of Women's/Gender/Feminist Studies poses unique challenges for bibliometric analysis, as it extends beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. This paper makes three key contributions: (1) We propose a novel retrieval method for constructing a corpus of scholarly documents in research areas ...
Natsumi S. Shokida   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the perpetrators of sexual assaults assessed at the psychiatric department of Mahdia

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Sexual assault constitutes a major problem in Tunisian society. There is no definitive typology of the characteristics of those who sexually assault.
M. Kacem   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An evaluation of the methods used to prevent sexual assault within colleges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Plan BThe purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate the methods of sexual assault prevention and education being provided in colleges. Sexual violence is an umbrella term used to cover a number of crimes that are sexual in nature. According to the
Johnson, Keela P.
core  

Beyond the Outburst: Charting a New Frontier for Understanding and Treating Irritability in Autistic Adults

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Irritability is a prevalent and impairing feature associated with autism, yet remains poorly understood, particularly in adults. Drawing heavily on insights translated from pediatric and transdiagnostic literatures, we propose that irritability in autistic individuals often reflects a psychophysiological stress or threat response, rooted in a ...
Hsiang‐Yuan Lin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual assault incidents among college undergraduates: Prevalence and factors associated with risk.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Sexual assault on college campuses is a public health issue. However varying research methodologies (e.g., different sexual assault definitions, measures, assessment timeframes) and low response rates hamper efforts to define the scope of the problem. To
Claude A Mellins   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical care given to victims of sexual assault at Kadoma General Hospital, Zimbabwe: a secondary data analysis, 2016

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Despite the guidelines for managing sexual assault being in place, victims of sexual assault attended to at Kadoma General Hospital consistently raised complaints related to the quality of care offered.
Stanley Tapesana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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