Survivors of sexual assault in rural communities often struggle to access specialized care. New research from The University ...
Healthcare and forensic exams for sexual assault victims may not be guaranteed the way they once were for Mesa County residents. For years, the Mesa County Sexual Assault Nurse Examination Program ...
The calls can come at any time. Sometimes the phone rings in the middle of the night. Other times it rings at 9 a.m. The calls can come from anyone: a police officer, a parent or a worker from the New ...
For every 68 seconds that pass, someone in the United States is sexually assaulted (fondled, raped and/or forced to perform other sexual acts). The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) also ...
SAN ANTONIO – Reporting a sexual assault and receiving an exam can be terrifying, which is why it’s crucial that survivors have choices and control of their own recovery. “They have experienced some ...
MERIDIAN, Idaho — Idaho State Police’s (ISP) SANE training program has built a network of specially trained healthcare providers to better help sexual assault victims. 251 registered nurses across ...
ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP, Wis. (WSAW) - Starting June 1, HealthFirst clinic is filling a health care gap in Adams County when they will start offering SANE exams. Sexual Assault Nurse Exams (SANE) collect ...
Nurse Rebecca Havlik talks to teleSANE Shalotta Sharp at Hearts of Hope, a sexual assault center in Lafayette, Louisiana, on December 4, 2024. Havlik wants there to be teleSANE programs in the region, ...
PHILADELPHIA – Many patients come to Allison Denman after the worst experience of their lives. As the clinical director and forensic nurse manager of the Philadelphia Sexual Assault Response Center, ...
The Johnson County Health Department will now provide ASSIST Indiana exam rooms for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program. Daily Journal file photo Survivors of sexual assault and child abuse now ...
Lisa Montoya, SANE coordinator at Medical Center Hospital, poses for a photo in the exam room at the hospital. (Photo Courtesy of Trevor Tankersley) An experience when she was doing her clinical in ...