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Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week, 3rd February - 9th February 2020


Sexual abuse and/or sexual violence is sexual behaviour that you don’t want to do, don’t agree to do or don’t understand. Sexual abuse includes physical action and also activities where there’s no physical contact between you and the abuser. Sexual violence and abuse are crimes.
Unfortunately sexual abuse and violence can affect anyone.
The Crime Survey for England and Wales for the year ending March 2018 showed that police recorded 150,732 sexual offences, encompassing rape (53,977 cases) and sexual assault, and also sexual activity with children.
For more information surrounding sexual assault and/or violence, please visit NiDirect and NHS Choices websites:

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES
For anyone studying the importance of improving both the awareness and knowledge of and supporting those who have been affected by sexual violence and/or abuse, the Health Libraries both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals offer numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists below you’ll find a variety of items as well as information on materials recently added to our collection and available periodicals. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.
BOOKS:

JOURNALS:
  • Sexual abuse / Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications. [Available as a Keele ejournal 1999 onwards].
  • Sexual abuse : A Journal of Research and Treatment / Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications. [Available as a NHS ejournal 2004 – 2007].
  • Journal of sexual aggression / Abingdon, Oxon, UK : Routledge, Taylor & Francis. [Available as a Keele ejournal 1997 onwards, and as a NHS ejournal 2003 – 1 year and 6 months ago].
  • Journal of Child Sexual Abuse / Binghamton, NY : Haworth Press. [Available as a Keele ejournal 1995 onwards. Available as a NHS ejournal 1995 – 2007 and 2001 – 1 year and 6 months ago].

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
  • Brooker, Charlie ; Mitchell, Damian, “The importance of routine enquiry about a possible history of sexual abuse or sexual violence”, The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 2019, Vol.214(2), pp.114-115. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Campbell, Rebecca ; Greeson, Megan R. ; Bybee, Deborah ; Raja, Sheela, “The Co-Occurrence of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Adult Sexual Assault, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Harassment: A Mediational Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Physical Health Outcomes”, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008, Vol.76(2), pp.194-207. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Hollomotz, Andrea, “Beyond ‘Vulnerability’: An Ecological Model Approach to Conceptualizing Risk of Sexual Violence against People with Learning Difficulties”, British Journal of Social Work, 2009, Vol. 39(1), pp.99-112. [Available via Keele ejournals].
  • Messing, Jill Theresa ; Thaller, Jonel ; Bagwell, Meredith, “Factors Related to Sexual Abuse and Forced Sex in a Sample of Women Experiencing Police-involved Intimate Partner Violence”, Health & Social Work,  2014, Vol. 39(3), pp.181-191. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Murray, Christine ; Crowe, Allison ; Akers, Whitney, “How Can We End the Stigma Surrounding Domestic and Sexual Violence? A Modified Delphi Study with National Advocacy Leaders”, Journal of Family Violence, 2016, Vol.31(3), pp.271-287. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:

CURRENT AWARENESS:
Health Library current awareness service  https://www.netvibes.com/healthlibrary_northstaffs#Health_News

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