Society guideline links: Sexual assault

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Sexual abuse in children and adolescents".)

International

●International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN): The use of emergency contraception after sexual assault (2022)

●IAFN: Intimate partner violence nurse examiner education guidelines (updated 2020)

●Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and IAFN: Joint position statement on intimate partner violence (2018)

●IAFN: Sexual assault nurse examiner education guidelines, adult and pediatric (updated 2018)

●ENA and IAFN: Joint position statement on adult and adolescent sexual assault patients in the emergency care setting (2016)

●The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO): Ethical guidance on healthcare professionals' responses to violence against women (2014)

●World Health Organization (WHO): A clinical handbook on health care for women subjected to intimate partner violence or sexual violence (2014)

●WHO: Clinical and policy guidelines for responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women (2013)

●FIGO: Guidelines for the management of female survivors of sexual assault (2010)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on caring for patients who have experienced trauma (2021)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines – Sexual assault and abuse and STIs: Adolescents and adults (2021)

●American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Policy statement for the management of the patient with the complaint of sexual assault (1992, reaffirmed 2020)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on sexual misconduct (2020)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on sexual assault (2019)

●Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN): Joint position statement on intimate partner violence (2018)

●ENA and IAFN: Joint position statement on adult and adolescent sexual assault patients in the emergency care setting (2016)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on reproductive and sexual coercion (2013)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on intimate partner violence (2012)

Europe

●Guidelines for examination of victims of sexual assault: Harmonization of forensic and medico-legal examination of persons (2018)

United Kingdom

●British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH): National guidelines for the management of individuals disclosing sexual violence in sexual health services (2022)

●Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM): Best practice guideline for the management of adult patients who attend emergency departments after sexual assault and/or rape (revised 2015)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM): Australasian STI management guidelines – Adult sexual assault (updated 2019)

●Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS): Establishing the connection – Guidelines for practitioners and clinicians in the sexual assault and alcohol and other drug sectors (2016)