Figure 1
Description of the EBCD process.
Table 1
Organizations represented in the focus group discussions or interviews [n = 34].
| TYPE OF ORGANIZATION | NO. OF PARTICIPANTS |
|---|---|
| Social services | 7 |
| School and student health services | 3 |
| Health care services | 19 |
| Police | 3 |
| Integrated services for citizens including children* | 2 |
[i] Gender distribution: Women = 30, Men = 4.
*Collaboration between health care, social services and police.
Table 2
Distribution of organizations represented in the electronic survey [n = 95].
| TYPE OF ORGANIZATION | RESPONDENTS IN NUMBERS |
|---|---|
| Health care services | 57 |
| Social services | 24 |
| NGOs* | 5 |
| Private health care centres | 5 |
| Integrated services for citizens including children** | 4 |
[i] *NGOs = Non governmental organisations include; women’s shelter, victim support organizations and churches proving help and support for survivors free of charge.**Collaboration between health care and social services.
Table 3
Overarching theme, main themes and sub-themes in the final analysis.
| OVERARCHING THEME | MAIN THEMES | SUB-THEMES |
|---|---|---|
| Perspectives on developing seamless pathways and coordination of support and care in a multiorganizational setting | Systematic approaches to identifying exposure to sexual violence | Screening of risk groups vary |
| Systematic approaches can facilitate identification of victims | ||
| Needs of routines despite of gender | ||
| Individual factors among provider s affect trust and identification of violence | ||
| A need to improve the integration of existing supportive resources | Different actors with unclear roles and missions | |
| Underutilised recourses for emergency social care support | ||
| Support after sexual violence is limited by gender and relationship status | ||
| Needs of coordinating emergency and long-term support | ||
| Different ways of entering the organizations for support | ||
| Need for an interlinked process for trauma therapy and long-term support | Needs of interlinked support and trauma care processes | |
| A call for united process to establish trust among survivors | ||
| Challenging consultations with survivors with co-morbidities | ||
| Barriers in long-term support and trauma therapy | ||
| Needs of life long-lasting support outside existing health care systems | ||
| Limited support after exposure to sexual violence online | ||
| The potential of developing capacity, competence and teamwork in trauma care | Willingness to improve encounters of survivors | |
| Feelings of frustration due to organisational capacity | ||
| Limited knowledge in trauma care in the context of sexual violence | ||
| The value of teamwork and shared learning | ||
| Needs of support and recovery for professionals involved in support and care for survivors |