Funded by Women's Xchange 15k Challenge and guided by an advisory group of trans community members and their allies, the Network Program Managers/Coordinators and nursing staff were surveyed in 2017 about their ability to provide sensitive, informed, and appropriate acute health services for trans survivors of sexual assault and identified a pressing need for (further) training on trans-affirming care.
- Publications
- KT Tools
- Acknowledgements
Publications
- Du Mont, J., Kosa, S.D., Abavi, R., Kia, H., & Macdonald, S. (2019). Towards affirming care: An initial evaluation of a sexual violence treatment network’s capacity for addressing the needs of trans sexual assault survivors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-20. doi.org/10.1177/0886260519889943
- Du Mont, J., Kosa, D., Solomon, S., & Macdonald, S. (2019). An assessment of nurses’ competence to care for sexually assaulted trans persons: A survey of Ontario’s Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres. BMJ Open, 9(5), e023880. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023880
Knowledge Translation Tools
-
Saad, M., Kosa, D., Solomon, S., Macdonald, S., & Du Mont, J. (2018, August). Post-sexual assault care for trans survivors: Assessing the need for nurse training at Ontario’s Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres [Infographic]. Women’s College Research Institute and the Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres. Target audiences: researchers, trainees, health and social service providers, policy makers, and the public.
-
Saad, M., Kosa, D., Solomon, S., Macdonald, S., & Du Mont, J. (2018, August). Towards trans-affirming care at Ontario’s Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres [Infographic]. Women’s College Research Institute and the Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres. Target audiences: hospital administrators, health providers, and policy makers.
Funder
This project was funded by Women’s Xchange.
Research Team
- Principal Investigator: Janice Du Mont, Women’s College Research Institute- Women’s College Hospital;
- Community Lead: Sheila Macdonald, Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres; and
- Project Coordinators: Daisy Kosa, Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres, Maeve Patterson, Women’s College Research Institute- Women’s College Hospital.
Collaborators
Advisory Group
- Devon MacFarlane, Rainbow Health Ontario;
- Kathleen Pye, Egale Canada Human Rights Trust;
- Cheryl Woodman, Women’s College Hospital;
- Kinnon MacKinnon, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; and
- Hannah Kia, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.