Managing Sexual Assault Disclosure

This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on Managing Sexual Assault Disclosure. This note will provide learners with the foundation to approach sexual assault disclosures. This Note was created by Kayla Bailey, a medical student at the University of Alberta with help from Dr. Melanie Lewis, pediatrician at the University of Alberta and Dr. Jillian Popel and Dr. ERin Boschee, child maltreatment pediatricians at the University of Alberta.

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Related Content:

• Note: Approach to Child Maltreatment
• Podcast: Child Sexual Abuse

References:

• CPS
  • https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/the-medical-evaluation-of-pre-pubertal-children-with-suspected-sexual-abuse
• AHS Sexual assault process
  • https://insite.albertahealthservices.ca/Main/assets/tms/ucc/tms-ucc-central-casart-rural-algorithm.pdf#search=capc
• Approach to a disclosure
  • https://www.sace.ca/medical-care-after-sexual-assault/
  • Up to date --> Evaluation and management of adult and adolescent sexual assault victims in the emergency department
  • Up to date à Evaluation of sexual abuse in children and adolescents
• Supports
  • https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/Service.aspx?id=5591&serviceAtFacilityID=1055453 
• Statistics
  • Banvard-Fox C, Linger M, Paulson DJ, Cottrell L, Davidov DM. Sexual Assault in Adolescents. Prim Care. 2020 Jun;47(2):331-349. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2020.02.010. Epub 2020 Feb 27. PMID: 32423718; PMCID: PMC7702185.
  • https://aasas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Prevalence-of-Sexual-Assault-Childhood-Sexual-Abuse-Summary-of-Key-Findings_FINAL.pdf
  • https://aasas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Fact-Sheet_Children-_-Sexual-Abuse.pdf
• Age of consent
  • https://www.alberta.ca/sexual-violence-prevention-sexual-consent