Genital Injury and Intimate Partner Violence as Determinants of Women's Reproductive Healthcare Utilization 1-Year Post-Sexual Assault Medical-Forensic Examination

The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of anal/vaginal injury and intimate partner violence (IPV) on women's (n = 679) reproductive healthcare utilization in the year following a sexual assault medical-forensic examination. A significant main effect of IPV on reproductive healthcare visits was found such that experiencing IPV was associated with an increase in the incidence rate for count of obstetrics-gynecology/sexually transmitted infection visits across anal/vaginal injury models. Further, IPV was not found to significantly moderate the relationship between anal/vaginal injury and reproductive healthcare utilization. Implications surrounding sexual assault survivors long-term are discussed.