Understanding the screening to care transition for marginalized rape survivors

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Abstract

Project Summary The goal of this study is to understand the timing and patterns of treatment seeking after rape. Rape survivors have high, varied, and long-term health needs after rape, and research is contradictory as to when and what kind of healthcare services rape survivors may over- or under-utilize. Screening programs are often implemented with the intent of improving access to care or directed referrals to care. Yet, outside of the Veterans Health Administration, screening programs have little evidence of effectiveness. By recruiting a large, diverse sample of mostly marginalized, mostly women rape survivors and following them for years, we will be able to observe naturalistic screening practices and treatment seeking across a variety of treatment needs and contexts. Thus, the data collected in this study will be a new foundation for understanding the features of screening programs and nature of treatment-seeking after rape.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10978906
Project number
1R01HS029673-01A1
Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY
Principal Investigator
RaeAnn Anderson
Activity code
R01
Funding institute
AHRQ
Fiscal year
2024
Award amount
$398,601
Award type
1
Project period
2024-09-30 → 2029-07-31