Anti-oppression as praxis in the research field: Implementing emancipatory approaches for researchers and community partners.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and anti-oppression (AO) policies are implemented in research to address intersecting systemic barriers for marginalized populations. Grant applications now include questions about EDI to ensure researchers have considered how research designs perpetuate discriminatory practices. However, complying with these measures may not mean that researchers have engaged with AO as praxis.

"These Conversations Shouldn't be Easy … You're Going to Have to Shift. It Means Reflection … It Means Change": Moving Anti-Oppression Beyond Incremental Changes in the GBV Sector.

Little is known about racialized women's work experiences in EDI/AO policy-led Canadian women's organizations in the gender-based violence (GBV) sector. Twenty-three racialized and white GBV workers participated in a critical qualitative study. Five themes emerged illustrating that racialized women workers are experiencing systemic violence through acts of racism and discrimination.

Sexually transmitted infections among patients attending a sexual assault centre: a cohort study from Oslo, Norway.

Objectives: We estimate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infection (STI) among patients after sexual assault, assess the possible value of azithromycin prophylaxis, and identify risk factors for assault-related STI and for not presenting at follow-up.

Design: Prospective observational cohort study.

Setting: Sexual assault centre in Oslo, Norway.

Delivery of Distance Counselling to Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Scoping Review of Promising and Best Practices.

Distance counselling holds immense potential for improving access to trauma supports for survivors of sexual violence (SV), and particularly for under-served groups who disproportionately experience violence and myriad barriers to accessing in-person supports. And yet, the evidence-base for the practice and delivery of distance counselling remains under-developed. In the context of COVID-19, where telehealth applications have undergone a rapid uptake, we undertook a scoping review of existing evidence of therapeutic and organizational practices related to the real-time (synchronous) delivery of distance counselling to survivors of SV.

Sexual assault centres and police reporting--an important arena for medical/legal interaction.

This study explores the usefulness of forensic medical examination (FME) irrespective of police request and police-reporting practices at a self-referral Sexual Assault Centre (SAC). The study is retrospective, descriptive: a 2-year series of cases from a Scandinavian SAC and corresponding police files. Among 354 SAC cases, 180 were reported to the police, comprising 103 of 197 total rapes registered in this police district.

To be used or not to be used, that is the question: legal use of forensic and clinical information collected in a self-referral sexual assault centre.

This study explores how the police select cases for using information from a self-referral Sexual Assault Centre (SAC). The study is retrospective and descriptive: a 2-year series from a Scandinavian SAC and corresponding police files. The police had access to 163 SAC cases, requested 84% of available forensic medical documentation, and had 50% of the trace samples analyzed.

Sexual assault centers: attendance rates, and differences between early and late presenting cases.

Objective: Sexual assault centers (SACs) aim at assisting victims and to provide forensic medical examination (FME). This study explores the gap between assaults actually occurring and those seen at SAC; and the characteristics of cases presented in time/too late for FME (early and late cohorts).

Design: Retrograde descriptive study.

Sexual assault and posttraumatic stress disorder: a review of the biological, psychological and sociological factors and treatments.

Sexual assault occurs with alarming frequency in Canada. The prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in assault survivors is drastically higher than the national prevalence of the disorder, which is a strong indication that the current therapies for sexual-assault-related PTSD are in need of improvement. Increasing knowledge and understanding of the pathologies associated with rape trauma in biological, psychological and sociological domains will help to develop more effective treatments for survivors.

Sexually transmitted diseases and rape: the experience of a sexual assault centre.

Epidemiological data and rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are presented from a group of 90 women screened following rape. Forty-eight (53%) women knew their assailant. In 6 cases multiple assailants were involved.

Counselling the victims of child sexual assault.

When the doctor encounters real or suspected child sexual abuse it is important to act responsibly in the best interests of the child. This means seeking advice from experts, arranging an appropriate referral and reporting the abuse. The practitioner should not attempt to solve the problem alone but should seek assistance from a professional team experienced in this complex area.