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Module 16/Trainer's Tools<br />

Trainer's Tool 11.3A: List of Barriers to Screening<br />

Time constraints.<br />

Lack of training about the issue.<br />

Provider feels there is nothing s/he can do to help.<br />

The clinic is not the place to address sexual abuse.<br />

There are more important <strong>health</strong> issues to be addressed.<br />

Belief that women won’t want to talk about their experiences.<br />

Belief that sexual abuse is a private or shameful issue.<br />

Provider believes that sexual abuse does not occur with her/his patients.<br />

Belief that sexual abuse is so prevalent that it is seen as a normal part of life.<br />

There are no <strong>services</strong> <strong>for</strong> survivors of sexual abuse in the community/country, so why<br />

bother to screen <strong>for</strong> sexual abuse<br />

Belief that screening <strong>for</strong> sexual abuse is not the provider’s responsibility.<br />

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Adolescent Curriculum

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