Welke factoren spelen een rol in de overweging om hulp te zoeken na seksueel geweld?

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“Sometimes It Seems Easier to Push It Away”: A Study Into the Barriers to Help-Seeking for Victims of Sexual Violence

“…In the Netherlands, seeking help may be at the expense of victims’ personal contribution to their health insurance. Apart from the effect on the accessibility and usage of healthcare on low income groups (Bach et al, 2021), it is debatable whether the costs associated with the help for victims are justifiable, especially since compensation of these costs can be experienced by victims as an acknowledgment of their victimization (Pijlman et al, 2021).…”

“…The aim of the pilot was to study whether the financial compensation would remove a barrier for victims to seek help at a SAC. A study was conducted on this pilot, in which victims' help-seeking in general as well as the impact of the temporary financial compensation was studied (Pijlman et al, 2021). The current study uses data from two separate surveys from this larger study, which each have a different sample.…”

“…The current study uses data from a larger study on sexual violence victims’ help-seeking behavior in the Netherlands (Pijlman et al, 2021). Through online and open-ended survey data, we aim to answer the following question: Which barriers do victims of sexual violence in the Netherlands experience in their decision to seek help?…”