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Rape and Sexual Assault
These steps are
recommended as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours following an
assault:
• Call the Providence Police at 911.
• Call RISD Public Safety at x6666
(401 454-6666); reports can be made anonymously.
• Call the Sexual Assault and Trauma
Resource Center at 401 421-4100 for confidential support, particularly if you
want an advocate to meet you at the hospital or police station.
• Go to Women & Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley
Street, Providence; phone: 401 274-1100.
• NOTE: Do not shower or change your clothes
before going to the hospital.
Local resources
AIDS Resources
AIDS Project
Rhode Island
Hotline 800 726-3010; office 401 831-5522
Department of
Health, Providence
401 222-2231;
AIDS division 401 222-2320
AIDS
Clinic/Rhode Island Hospital
401 444-4741
Family
Services, Inc.
401 331-1350
Center for
Disease Control-STD + AIDS National Hotline 24 hours/7 days
Web site www.ashastd.org or www.cdc.gov
CDC INFO
800 232-4636,
800 344-7432 (Spanish), 866 416-4017 (toll-free directory assistance)
free, confidential
and anonymous STD and HIV testing
Department of
Health; Whitmarsh STD Clinic
557 Broad
Street, 401 444-0483
The Miriam
Hospital
164 Summit
Avenue, 401 793-2928