GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILETHAILANDMEASURESGUIDELINE FOR ASSISTING CHILDREN AND WOMEN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
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Guideline for Assisting Children and Women Who are Victims of Violence
Type of Measure
Services > Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Year
2003
Brief Description
The Guideline for Assisting Children and Women Who Are Victims of Violence was co-developed in October 2003 by the Office of the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Public Health and the Office of Women's Affairs and Family Development, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security for health professionals i.e. doctors, nurses and social workers working in the One Stop Crisis Centres (OSCCs) all over the country. The Guideline features flowcharts on steps for treating patients who are victims of violence, particularly women and children as follows:

  • the guidelines and checklist to identify patients who are suspected to be victims of physical, mental and sexual violence;
  • advice on self-protection i.e. how to prevent reoccurrences of violence for victims of violence, how to identify suspected perpetrators of violence, how to collect evidence for legal officers, and how to write a report on the mental and physical evaluation of women and children who are victims of violence;
  • coordination guidelines for multidisciplinary team.
Source of Information
Response of the Government of Thailand to the questionnaire on violence against women, 2009
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