Download or read book Preventing Sexual Assaults and Safety Incidents at U S Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities written by Subcommittee on Health,, Subcommittee on Health Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a deeply troubling report entitled "VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Prevent Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents." GAO found that between January 2007 and July 2010, nearly 300 sexual assault incidents, including 67 alleged rapes, were reported to VA police. Many of these alleged crimes were not reported to VA leadership officials or the VA Office of the Inspector General, in direct violation of VA policy and federal regulations. The findings of the GAO are disturbing for many reasons. Foremost, they represent a betrayal of trust by a system that was designed to treat our veterans at their most vulnerable time.

Download or read book Preventing Sexual Assaults and Safety Incidents at U s Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities written by United States Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preventing sexual assaults and safety incidents at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facilities: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, June 13, 2011.

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Download or read book VA Health Care Actions Needed to Prevent Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents written by Randall B. Williamson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-10 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changes in patient demographics present unique challenges for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) in providing safe environments for all veterans treated in VA facilities. This report examined whether or not sexual assault incidents are fully reported and what factors may contribute to any observed underreporting, how facility staff determine sexual assault-related risks veterans may pose in residential and inpatient mental health settings, and precautions facilities take to prevent sexual assaults and other safety incidents. The report reviewed relevant laws, VA policies, and sexual assault incident documentation from Jan. 2007 through July 2010 provided by VA officials and the VA Office of the Inspector Gen. (OIG); reviewed portions of selected veterans' medical records at five judgmentally selected VA medical facilities chosen to ensure the residential and inpatient mental health units at the facilities varied in size and complexity; and spoke with the four Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) that oversee these VA medical facilities. Tables. This is a print on demand report.

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Download or read book VA Health Care written by Randall B. Williamson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During recent work on services available for women veterans, several clinicians expressed concern about the physical safety of women housed in mental health programs at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility. This testimony discusses an examination of: (1) the volume of sexual assault incidents reported in recent years and the extent to which these incidents are fully reported; (2) what factors may contribute to any observed underreporting; and (3) precautions VA facilities take to prevent sexual assaults and other safety incidents. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.

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Download or read book Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault written by Coreen Farris and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-27 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews data on the prevalence of sexual assault among servicemembers, predictors of disclosure, efforts to improve disclosure, victim needs and DoD efforts to provide necessary resources in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault. The authors compared civilian and DoD guidelines for care and found them to be generally consistent. However, little is known about the fidelity with which DoD recommendations are implemented.

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Download or read book Policies and Programs for Preventing and Responding to Incidents of Sexual Assault in the Armed Services written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Personnel and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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