Citation

Healey LM, Hutchinson JL, Pfeiffer MN, Garton L, Hatten B, Dobbie M, Simpson L, Templeton DJ. Sex. Health 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, CSIRO Publishing)

DOI

10.1071/SH22180

PMID

37599505

Abstract

This study examined the impact of a pathway between a sexual assault service and a public sexual health service developed to improve rates of post-sexual assault medical follow-up. Follow-up attendances improved in the first 12months of the pathway (2014) compared with attendances in 2013 (17.8%vs 9.6%, P=0.01). Factors independently associated with attendance at follow-up were being prescribed HIV post-exposure prophylaxis and knowing the assailant. Those with physical injuries were less likely to attend. The prevalence of sexually transmissible infections in this cohort, 8% at the acute presentation and 5% at follow-up, suggests a need for alternatives to clinic-based follow-up.

Language: en