Sexual health and sexual trauma in women with severe mental illness: An exploratory survey of Western Australian community mental health services

Australian women attending community mental health services were surveyed to determine the relationship between sexual trauma, sexual activity, and sexual health seeking behaviors. Self-reported history of “forced sex” was 58.4% (n = 122 out of 220). Latent class analysis revealed a three-class mode...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, T., Hauck, Yvonne, Pedruzzi, R., Frayne, J., Rock, D., Dragovic, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Group LLC 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53351
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author Nguyen, T.
Hauck, Yvonne
Pedruzzi, R.
Frayne, J.
Rock, D.
Dragovic, M.
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description Australian women attending community mental health services were surveyed to determine the relationship between sexual trauma, sexual activity, and sexual health seeking behaviors. Self-reported history of “forced sex” was 58.4% (n = 122 out of 220). Latent class analysis revealed a three-class model: “sexually active and health seeking,” “low sexual activity and health seeking” and “low sexual activity and not health seeking.” An association with general practitioner engagement and sexual health seeking behaviors was found. Rates of self-reported sexual trauma reinforce the need for screening and trauma informed care. Groupings may reflect different aspects of recovery associated with sexual health behaviors.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-533512017-10-24T08:11:10Z Sexual health and sexual trauma in women with severe mental illness: An exploratory survey of Western Australian community mental health services Nguyen, T. Hauck, Yvonne Pedruzzi, R. Frayne, J. Rock, D. Dragovic, M. Australian women attending community mental health services were surveyed to determine the relationship between sexual trauma, sexual activity, and sexual health seeking behaviors. Self-reported history of “forced sex” was 58.4% (n = 122 out of 220). Latent class analysis revealed a three-class model: “sexually active and health seeking,” “low sexual activity and health seeking” and “low sexual activity and not health seeking.” An association with general practitioner engagement and sexual health seeking behaviors was found. Rates of self-reported sexual trauma reinforce the need for screening and trauma informed care. Groupings may reflect different aspects of recovery associated with sexual health behaviors. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53351 10.1080/07399332.2017.1313845 Taylor & Francis Group LLC restricted
spellingShingle Nguyen, T.
Hauck, Yvonne
Pedruzzi, R.
Frayne, J.
Rock, D.
Dragovic, M.
Sexual health and sexual trauma in women with severe mental illness: An exploratory survey of Western Australian community mental health services
title Sexual health and sexual trauma in women with severe mental illness: An exploratory survey of Western Australian community mental health services
title_full Sexual health and sexual trauma in women with severe mental illness: An exploratory survey of Western Australian community mental health services
title_fullStr Sexual health and sexual trauma in women with severe mental illness: An exploratory survey of Western Australian community mental health services
title_full_unstemmed Sexual health and sexual trauma in women with severe mental illness: An exploratory survey of Western Australian community mental health services
title_short Sexual health and sexual trauma in women with severe mental illness: An exploratory survey of Western Australian community mental health services
title_sort sexual health and sexual trauma in women with severe mental illness: an exploratory survey of western australian community mental health services
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53351