TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Physicians and nurses: knowledge of clinical management of sexual aggression in children based on the sexual aggression survivors manual in Puerto Rico
JO  - Puerto Rico health sciences journal
A1  - Vidal, A.
A1  - Torres, Rene R. Davila
A1  - Amador, Annie Alonso
SP  - 141
EP  - 145
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the knowledge of health professionals about clinical the management of sexual aggression in children based on the sexual aggression survivors manual in Puerto Rico. METHOD: The study population was composed of 150 health professionals (physicians and nurses). For the collected data, a self-administered questionnaire was used. The response rate was 88.7% (n=133). Descriptive statistics, crosstabs tables and Chi-Square were used for the data analysis. RESULTS: 75.9% of the participants were unaware of physical indicators related to sexual aggression in children. Nevertheless, 66.2% of the participants recognized emotional indicators of sexual aggression. 82.7% of the participants think sexual aggression victims should be referred to the physician and nurse, followed by 20.4% that indicated the social worker. 94.7% of the participants were unaware of the correct steps to carry out in a crisis intervention with sexual aggression victims and 91.7% recognized that all information topics should be offered during the intervention. CONCLUSION: The results of this study confirm the necessity of intervention strategies to increase the knowledge of the participants about the correct clinical management of sexual aggression survivors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0738-0658
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -