Disclosing Child Sexual Abuse to a Health Professional: A Metasynthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sexual abuse is a major public health problem. Its disclosure to a health professional could help to reduce its impact on survivors' lives. The objective of this metasynthesis, combining a systematic review and an analysis of the qualitative studies, was to explore the qualitative literature concerning the experience of a survivor disclosing sexual violence experienced in childhood to a health professional, from the perspective of both.

Methods and data sources

We used four databases and two journals (Medline, PsycINFO, EMBASE, and SSCI, and the Journal of Sexual Abuse and Child Abuse and Neglect) to identify studies concerning this disclosure of sexual abuse to healthcare professionals from the point of view of the survivors and the health professionals. After ass

SUBMITTER: Manolios E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9211373 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature