Title: | Screaming body and silent healthcare providers: A case study with a childhood sexual abuse survivor |
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Date: | 2018-01-08 |
Language: | English |
Scope: | 94 |
University/Institute: | Háskólinn á Akureyri University of Akureyri |
School: | Heilbrigðisvísindasvið (HA) School of Health Sciences (UA) |
Department: | Hjúkrunarfræðideild (HA) Faculty of Nursing (UA) |
Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;15(1) |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 (eISSN) |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph15010094 |
Subject: | Child sexual abuse; Chronic illness; Healthcare providers; Psychological trauma; Kynferðisleg misnotkun barna; Langvinnir sjúkdómar; Heilbrigðisþjónusta; Sálræn áföll |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1068 |
Citation:Sigurdardottir, S., & Halldorsdottir, S. (2018). Screaming body and silent healthcare providers: A case study with a childhood sexual abuse survivor. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(1). doi:10.3390/ijerph15010094
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Abstract:Stressful early life experiences cause immune dysregulation across the lifespan. Despite
the fact that studies have identified childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivors as a particularly
vulnerable group, only a few attempts have been made to study their lived-experience of the
physical health consequences of CSA. The aim of this study was to explore a female CSA survivor’s
lived-experience of the physical health consequences of CSA and how she experienced the reactions of
healthcare providers. Seven interviews were conducted with this 40-year-old woman, Anne, using a
phenomenological research approach. Anne was still a young child (two to three years old) when her
father started to rape her. Since her childhood, she has experienced complex and widespread
physical health consequences such as repeated vaginal and abdominal infections, widespread
and chronic pain, sleeping problems, digestive problems, chronic back problems, fibromyalgia,
musculoskeletal problems, repeated urinary tract infections, cervical dysplasia, inflammation of the
Fallopian tubes, menorrhagia, endometrial hyperplasia, chlamydia, ovarian cysts, ectopic pregnancies,
uterus problems, severe adhesions, and ovarian cancer. Anne disclosed her CSA experience to several
healthcare providers but they were silent and failed to provide trauma-informed care. Anne’s
situation, albeit unique, might reflect similar problems in other female CSA survivors.
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Description:Publisher's version (útgefin grein)
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Rights:This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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