Description
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.
Creator
World Health Organization (WHO)
Source
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/violence/clinical-response-csa/en/
Publisher
World Health Organization (WHO)
Date
2017
Language
English
Citation
World Health Organization (WHO), “Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused: WHO clinical guidelines,”
