@article{ref1,
title="ACOG Committee Opinion No. 777: Sexual assault",
journal="Obstetrics and gynecology",
year="2019",
author="",
volume="133",
number="4",
pages="e296-e302",
abstract="Sexual violence continues to be a major public health problem affecting millions of adults and children in the United States. Medical consequences of sexual assault include sexually transmitted infections; mental health conditions, including posttraumatic stress disorder; and risk of unintended pregnancy in reproductive-aged survivors of sexual assault. Obstetrician-gynecologists and other women's health care providers play a key role in the evaluation and management of sexual assault survivors and should screen routinely for a history of sexual assault. When sexual violence is identified, individuals should receive appropriate and timely care. A clinician who examines sexual assault survivors in the acute-care setting has a responsibility to comply with state and local statutory or policy requirements for the use of evidence-gathering kits. This document has been updated to include model screening protocols and questions, relevant guidelines from other medical associations, trauma-informed care, and additional guidance regarding acute evaluation of survivors and evidence-gathering kits.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0029-7844",
doi="10.1097/AOG.0000000000003178",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000003178"
}