The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare service access for the victims of sexual assault

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted the provision or exacerbated the existing gap of access to essential healthcare services. An unanticipated effect on access to healthcare services emerged with the introduction of COVID-19 lockdown regulations. Violence against w...

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Autor principal:	Ramprakash Kaswa
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Publicado:	AOSIS 2021
Materias:	covid-19 pandemic violence against women sexual assault lockdown Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f6ea3981cb3344a1bd72804d7b21eb502021-11-24T07:44:19ZThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare service access for the victims of sexual assault2078-61902078-620410.4102/safp.v63i1.5367https://doaj.org/article/f6ea3981cb3344a1bd72804d7b21eb502021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5367https://doaj.org/toc/2078-6190https://doaj.org/toc/2078-6204Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted the provision or exacerbated the existing gap of access to essential healthcare services. An unanticipated effect on access to healthcare services emerged with the introduction of COVID-19 lockdown regulations. Violence against women is prevalent with varying degrees of severity in all spheres of society. Methods: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the access to healthcare services for the victims of sexual assault in the Mthatha region of South Africa. This is a records review of victims of sexual assault survivors who visited and were treated at the Sinawe TCC at Mthatha Regional Hospital. The data on sexual assault cases at Sinawe TCC were compared with a time-matched control group from 2014 to 2020. Results: There were 5747 sexual assault cases reported at Sinawe TCC between 01 January 2014 and 31 December 2020. There was a major drop in reported cases at Sinawe TCC during the 2020 year, with only about half (451) of the annual average cases being reported. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on access to healthcare services for the victims of sexual assault survivors in the Mthatha region of South Africa.Ramprakash KaswaAOSISarticlecovid-19pandemicviolence against womensexual assaultlockdownMedicineRENSouth African Family Practice, Vol 63, Iss 1, Pp e1-e4 (2021)
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description	Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted the provision or exacerbated the existing gap of access to essential healthcare services. An unanticipated effect on access to healthcare services emerged with the introduction of COVID-19 lockdown regulations. Violence against women is prevalent with varying degrees of severity in all spheres of society. Methods: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the access to healthcare services for the victims of sexual assault in the Mthatha region of South Africa. This is a records review of victims of sexual assault survivors who visited and were treated at the Sinawe TCC at Mthatha Regional Hospital. The data on sexual assault cases at Sinawe TCC were compared with a time-matched control group from 2014 to 2020. Results: There were 5747 sexual assault cases reported at Sinawe TCC between 01 January 2014 and 31 December 2020. There was a major drop in reported cases at Sinawe TCC during the 2020 year, with only about half (451) of the annual average cases being reported. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on access to healthcare services for the victims of sexual assault survivors in the Mthatha region of South Africa.
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title_short	The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare service access for the victims of sexual assault
title_full	The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare service access for the victims of sexual assault
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare service access for the victims of sexual assault

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