Emergency Department Preparedness to Care for Sexual Assault Survivors: A Nationwide Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency departments (ED) provide trauma-informed care to sexual assault (SA) survivors and connect them with comprehensive services. Through surveying SA survivor advocates, we aimed to 1) document updated trends in the quality of care and resources offered to SA survivors and 2) identify potential disparities according to geographic regions in the US, urban vs rural clinic locations, and the availability of sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE).

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study between June-August 2021, surveying SA advocates who were dispatched from rape crisis centers to support survivors during ED care. Survey questions addressed two major themes in quality of care: staff preparedness to provide trauma-response care; and available resources. St

SUBMITTER: Chalmers K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10284505 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature