Accession Number:

AD1186118

Title:

Caring for Sexual Assault Victims within the Military Healthcare System: Prevalence, Demographics, and Healthcare Service Utilization

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Master's Thesis]

Corporate Author:

UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD

Personal Author(s):

• Murray, Amanda

Report Date:

2022-02-08

Pagination or Media Count:

74

Abstract:

Sexual assault remains a major concern in the military however, despite increasingreports made, there has not been coordinated information on the healthcare usage of these servicemembers. The present study examined healthcare utilization within the Military HealthcareSystem MHS to determine the prevalence of sexual assault-related health care provided,demographic patterns among service members receiving said care, and the type of provider seenduring the initial sexual assault-related health encounter.

Descriptors:

• health services
• medical personnel
• military medicine
• traumatic stress disorder
• sexual assault
• demography
• army personnel
• human population
• psychology
• societies
• health care
• military personnel
• personnel management
• psychiatry
• social psychology
• students
• afghanistan conflict

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]