Soci̇al servi̇ce approach for sexuallly abused chi̇ldren: Suleymaniye Hospital for Obstetrics and Gynecology Education and Research example

Child abuse has existed in every culture through out the history of man. It is defined as all behavior simpairing child grow thand development. This concept consists of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and child neglect. Although it is a common problem, a multidisciplinary approach is lacking. It is generally under estimated because of lack of evidence, inadequate knowledge and cultural factors. Child abuse is diagnosed onlyif trauma is severe. If the simple signs of child abuse are not diagnosed or reported they may result in severe health problems. Sexual abuse causes not only physical but also a lot of psychological problems. It is observed in our society that the fact of sexual abuse is not identified yet and, evenif individual sare exposed to sexual attack they do not have sufficient information about the matter. The purpose of this study is to tackle roles, functions and approaches of social workers, psychologist, Child development whose task is to guide the society, towards sexual abuse victims, who apply to health care organizations.