Medico-legal Assessment of Sexual Violence-Assiut University

Medico-legal Assessment of Sexual Violence and Pregnancy Related Allegations Among Females Presented to Women's Health Hospital -Assiut University

• Medico legal assessment of sexual assaults allegations of females presented to hospital and any associated violence.
• Assessment of cases of pregnancy associated violence with other related complications that have both medical and legal implications.
• Knowing role of VAW Unit in compacting female abuse offering support and authentication of suspicious claims

The data will be obtained after informed consents from cases. These cases will be then analyzed in terms of:

• Verifying legal procedures as careful reviewing of public prosecution order and associated victim's identification documents if present
• Obtain a detailed history including personal information as age, marital status' residence and education; incident circumstances like assault characteristics as numbers of assailants, relationship to the victim' place of assault' frequency of assault and the time lapse between examination and last assault, etc ; gynecologic and obstetric history.
• General examination that include proper documentation of all visible injuries all over the body (type' direction' location' shape) and local examination of genital or anal region and possibility of taking vaginal and anal swabs if possible.
• Re-examined victim after two weeks for exclude any venereal diseases and doing pregnancy test.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All females above ≥ 12 years old with suspicious sexual violence or illegal pregnancy or criminal induction of abortion.

Exclusion Criteria:

• All females who will present to the women's health hospital above 12 years old for ordinary medical advice or treatment of gynecologic or obstetric complaints