Care of the Adolescent After an Acute Sexual Assault

Pediatrics. 2017 Mar;139(3):e20164243. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-4243.

Abstract

Sexual violence is a broad term that encompasses a wide range of sexual victimizations. Since the American Academy of Pediatrics published its last policy statement on sexual assault in 2008, additional information and data have emerged about sexual violence affecting adolescents and the treatment and management of the adolescent who has been a victim of sexual assault. This report provides new information to update physicians and focuses on the acute assessment and care of adolescent victims who have experienced a recent sexual assault. Follow-up of the acute assault, as well as prevention of sexual assault, are also discussed.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Contraception, Postcoital
  • Crime Victims*
  • Disabled Persons
  • Female
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • Humans
  • Mandatory Reporting
  • Physical Examination
  • Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Unwanted
  • Sex Offenses* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / diagnosis
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / transmission
  • Substance Abuse Detection
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology