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Kader Mert1, Sena Dilek Aksoy2
1Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Izmir Bakırçay University, Izmir, Turkey.
Objective:
Sexual abuse of children is an important public health issue. The aim of this study was to provide a multidimensional examination of women over the age of 18 who were exposed to sexual abuse in childhood and the effect of this abuse on their lives.
Design And Sample:
This qualitative study was conducted over the period June 2015-February 2017. Twenty-three women were gathered by the snowball sampling method.
Measures:
We collected the data using a semi-structured questionnaire and in-depth interviews. Content analysis was used in the evaluation of the data.
Results:
We found five themes that participants considered to result from their sexual abuse: emotional effects, sexuality, marriage, academic, and social aspects.
Conclusion:
Sexual abuse adversely affected the physical, psychological, and social lives of individuals. Public health nurses play a role in working with women who were exposed to sexual abuse in childhood.
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