Post-sexual assault health care utilization among OEF/OIF servicewomen

Medical Care
Michelle A MengelingAnne Sadler

Abstract

Few who experience sexual assault seek health care immediately. Yet many become heavy users of health care resources in the years postassault because sexual violence has been linked with both acute and chronic health consequences. Our objective was to investigate servicewomen's medical and mental health (MH) care utilization after sexual assault in-military (SAIM) and identify reasons for not seeking care. In a retrospective cross-sectional Midwestern community sample of OEF/OIF Active Component and Reserve/National Guard servicewomen, currently serving and veterans, computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted with 207 servicewomen who experienced SAIM. A quarter (25%) received post-SAIM MH care and 16% medical care. Utilization of medical care tended to be sooner (within the first month) and MH care later (6 mo to 1+ y). Most sought care on a military base, a third from civilian providers, and 10% sought MH from Veterans Health Administration. Servicewomen were more likely to have utilized medical care if they had experienced a completed SAIM and made a Department of Defense SAIM report and MH care if they were white, experienced on-duty SAIM, and made a Department of Defense SAIM report. The most common reason for n...Continue Reading

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Feb 5, 2019·Journal of Trauma & Dissociation : the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)·Ryan Holliday, Lindsey L Monteith
Nov 13, 2018·Trauma, Violence & Abuse·Laura C Wilson
Feb 28, 2019·Violence and Victims·Michelle A MengelingAnne G Sadler
Nov 13, 2019·Journal of General Internal Medicine·Carolyn J GibsonKristine Yaffe

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