Sexual Assault in Young People for Nurses

This session aims to help you understand how to take a history and provide services to young people who may have been victims of sexual assault.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Examine the definitions and legal framework of sexual assault in the adolescent age group
• Describe the epidemiology of sexual assault in the adolescent age group
• Discuss how to manage an adolescent presenting with a history of acute or historic sexual assault
• Identify the services available for sexually assaulted adolescents

In this session we will briefly cover the epidemiology of acute and chronic sexual assault, consider the sexual offences legal framework and why adolescents are particularly vulnerable. Management of an adolescent presenting with an allegation of sexual assault will be described and the services offered by Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) will be outlined.