Clinical care for sexual assault survivors multimedia training: A mixed-methods study of effect on healthcare providers' attitudes, knowledge, confidence, and practice in humanitarian settings

Conflict and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Janel R ^a   Ho, Lara S ^a,b   Langston, Anne ^a   Mankani, Neha ^c   Shivshanker, Anjuli ^a   Perera, Dhammika ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Ethiopia; Healthcare provider; Humanitarian; Jordan; Kenya; Refugee; Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV); Sexual assault; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879826628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-7-14     Document Type: Article

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