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dc.contributor.authorCynthia Khamala Wangamati, Johanne Sundby, Chimaraoke Izugbara, Erick Otieno Nyambedha, Ruth Jane Prince
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-27T07:56:15Z
dc.date.available2020-07-27T07:56:15Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-03
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1589
dc.description.abstractChild sexual abuse (CSA) is a global, social, and health challenge. Existing literature on post-sexual assault care has focused largely on health providers’ skills and capacity to offer quality clinical, medicolegal, and psychosocial care. Services other than medical and psychosocial care provided to survivors of CSA remain poorly studied, particularly in the global south. The study aimed to explore challenges facing service providers supporting children who have experienced sexual abuse and make suitable recommendations. We triangulated different qualitative methods: in-depth interviews with 61 key informants, three focus group discussions with community leaders, and unstructured observations for data collection. Findings indicate that service providers supporting children who had experienced sexual abuse play a vital role in ensuring that survivors receive clinical and medicolegal care, psychosocial support …en_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.titleChallenges in supporting survivors of child sexual abuse in Kenya: a qualitative study of government and non-governmental organizationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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