The role of legal medicine professionals in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among female victims of sexual assault

Renjulal Yesodharan; Pratibha Kamath; Vishnu Renjith; Nirmal M. Krishnan; Udara Dilrukshi Senarathne; Suja Kumari Sasidharan; Tessy Treesa Jose; Vinod C. Nayak

doi:10.1007/s12024-023-00578-6

The role of legal medicine professionals in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among female victims of sexual assault

Renjulal Yesodharan, Pratibha Kamath^*, Vishnu Renjith, Nirmal M. Krishnan, Udara Dilrukshi Senarathne, Suja Kumari Sasidharan, Tessy Treesa Jose, Vinod C. Nayak

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Sexual violence can have an overwhelming impact on the victim’s physical and mental health; the consequences include unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Therefore, the examiners must assess victims for possible pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections as a part of the sexual assault examination. This article aims to orient the medico-legal examiners towards their role in preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among victims of sexual assault. Prompt detection of pregnancy or STIs is critical, as any delay would adversely affect the success-ful administration of emergency contraception and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	440-451
Number of pages	12
Journal	Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-023-00578-6
Publication status	Published - 09-2023

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Yesodharan, R., Kamath, P., Renjith, V., Krishnan, N. M., Senarathne, U. D., Sasidharan, S. K., Jose, T. T., & Nayak, V. C. (2023). The role of legal medicine professionals in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among female victims of sexual assault. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 19(3), 440-451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-023-00578-6

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The role of legal medicine professionals in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among female victims of sexual assault

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