Medical Social Work Practices after Sexual Assault against Women

As a type of sexual violence, women are exposed to sexual assault more frequently than men. For this reason, intervention after sexual assault usually takes shape on women, and women come to the forefront in such practices. The need for health services for all dimensions of women exposed to sexual assault firstly increases the need for prioritizing interventions, not only physically in terms of diagnosis and treatment, but also components of psychological, emotional, social and economic well-being that are the nature of sexual assault. In this context, medical social work practices have an important place in the intervention of women exposed to sexual assault. In this general framework, the aim of this work is not only to discuss the importance of medical social work practices structured at the community, individual, group, and community level, but also with family, community, society, and not with women exposed to individual sexual assault. Cinsel siddetin bir turu olan cinsel saldiriya, kadinlarin erkeklere oranla daha fazla maruz kaldiklari bilinmektedir. Bu nedenle, cinsel saldiri sonrasi mudahale genellikle kadinlar uzerine sekillenmekte, kadin bu tur uygulamalarda on plana cikmaktadir. Cinsel saldiriya maruz kalan kadinlarin, oncelikle her boyutuyla saglik hizmetine olan ihtiyaci, sadece fiziksel olarak tani ve tedavi boyutunda degil, cinsel saldirinin dogasi geregi psikolojik, duygusal, sosyal ve ekonomik anlamda sagligin bilesenlerini de on plana cikarici mudahalelere duyulan ihtiyaci arttirmaktadir. Bu baglamda, cinsel saldiriya maruz kalan kadinlara yapilan mudahalede, tibbi sosyal hizmet uygulamalarinin onemli bir yeri bulunmaktadir. Bu genel cercevede, bu calismanin amaci, sadece bireysel olarak cinsel saldiriya maruz kalan kadinla degil, ailesiyle, cevresiyle, toplumla bireysel, grup ve toplum duzeyinde yapilandirilan tibbi sosyal hizmet uygulamalarinin yeri ve onemini tartismaktir.