Results for SECASA web survey 1

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Survey posted on the Survivors section from November 2004 - February 2005 inclusive. Thank you to all who participated in this survey and helped us to make the SECASA website as useful to you as possible.

1. How easy was the site to navigate?

(35 responses)

2. What information were/are you looking for?

• General
• Where to find help and books
• Stats
• Anything that will help me understand why I am a freak. I was also looking for basic information about relationships and adult stuff that is explained in a way that I get it (I'm pretty stupid and basic info books in the library don't pertain to what I know/ conflict with what I know)
• Information for teenage survivors of incest by a step-brother. How to deal with family reactions and not being believed, and how to cope with my feelings.
• Sexual assault info
• Just info.
• Male sexual assault
• Information on S.A. for workers/students
• Date rape
• Child abuse, effects and symptoms in adulthood and mostly healing - How to heal!!
• Information on rape dealing with teenage girls
• The address of a place to go to where I could talk to people
• Teenage girls & bullying
• Information regarding victim impact statements, victim compensation, basically
• References regarding after conviction of an offender
• How to tell other people about my abuse so they could understand me better
• Comfort...anything which would help me feel less alone and isolated. everything about rape.
• PTSD and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, also the Stockholm syndrome in sexual abuse victims.
• Childhood sexual abuse and its consequences
• Generally about sexual abuse to children. Am needing assistance due to abuse many years ago and am wanting to educate myself a little. Really needing the courage to do something, I think it has helped.
• Just looking
• What the penalty for rape is? and statistics
• Child sexual abuse, Advice for mother and child, Why men do it, effects of reporting same and possible punishment of perpetrator
• Help for tourists
• Pregnancy following rape
• Sibling incest evidence of best practice, assessment and intervention processes
• Men's services
• Information about rape
• Psychological effects over time regarding rape
• Information on Ritual Abuse

3. Did you find it?

(33 responses)

4. What information did you find most useful?

• All
• Stats
• The info for teens
• Just things other people went through, and how I can handle things, and deal with not being believed.
• I haven't finished looking yet so i don't know
• Preventing abuse
• All
• Excerpts from books/info sheets, etc
• Healing index and the connecting sites that link you to other relevant information.
• The information that was most helpful was the part about "why me"
• Information on legal proceedings
• Not particularly what I was after but probably some stuff i can use
• The effect of abuse
• The full-page description of what it feels like to have been abused/assaulted. (A brilliant suggestion that those who would like to understand should try using their non-dominant hand to perform everyday activities.)
• Of how you feel during it all.
• The healing section for survivors
• Indicators and the "It happened to us"
• The information regarding CASA and that it is a good place to start. Have been unsure where to turn but now feel at least I know who to contact when I am ready.
• All of it
• All of it, especially the information i was looking for.
• All of it
• Mostly all
• None
• The information this site offers on rape and the victims as well as what you can do different coping abilities of women regarding ego SECASA Legal Service

5. What do you like about the site?

• Easy to use
• It is user friendly
• All info is there
• How it is separated into sections
• Easy to navigate, very useful.
• Everything
• Colours, pictures, up to date info, acknowledges all victims, male and (female), assaulted by male or female perpetrators
• Very clear and simple to navigate
• Content
• That it is here! It is comprehensive, informative and a useful tool to source information and advice.
• Good information
• Links
• It is written so everyone can understand it, explains my feelings
• The mix of facts, statistics and personal anecdotes.
• It is easy to understand.
• Very informative, excellent explanations on effects of childhood sexual abuse.
• Awesome help to me, a survivor. i have to come back to check out more!
• Its freedom and openness about its subject
• Very informative, simply presented for easy access to all areas of the community
• The lay-out
• The way the information is expressed in an easy to understand way, its not too technical and it explains anything i didn't understand.
• Very easy to navigate.
• It was Australian and the content was relevant and helpful.
• It straight forwardness is getting to the info
• Very little
• It is straight to the point it tells you what is wrong in a straight forward way
• Broad range of information that is clearly set out
• The diversity of the information contained within

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6. Is there anything you would like to see changed?

• A bit more detailed in explaining medical procedures etc.
• No
• Please keep adding more information
• Have numbers for the US.
• No
• No
• Nope
• No
• Maybe more information
• Is there a place where I can go to find counselling?
• Colour scheme
• No
• No.
• No, i think it's awesome
• No
• Not really
• No
• Yes, please add previous and next to the bottom of the page rather than at the top only
• No
• More info on long term effects of rape
• Inclusion of information for survivors of Ritual Abuse

7. Would you recommend this site to others?

(31 responses)

8. Is this website your major source of information about sexual assault?

(28 responses)

9. If no, what is your major source?

• Source information from everywhere else the internet library.
• Abuse network.com
• Don't have one.
• As well as books, counselling, articles and Oprah!
• I have no other source I haven't found a place to have counselling there is no one around at this time of year and I feel helpless. was hoping you could help me out.
• Counselling
• Everything I can find on the internet.
• I don't know who would be my major source, this has been a part of my life for so long
• It's the first site I've looked at so have no other source
• University databases, www, alongside specific's in research domains
• Literature
• Mainly through search engines-eg. Google

10. What is your age?

(35 responses)

11. Gender

(35 responses)

14. Is the information you are seeking for

(35 responses)

Other - Please specify

• For me to be able to explain sexual assault and the effect to friends also, to help my husband understand
• Just looking (at) info. You could call it research for fun.

15. Have you ever received counselling for a sexual assault?

(35 responses)

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