User Experience of Access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and Emergency Contraception in Emergency Departments in the United States: A National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the prevalence of sexual assault presentations to emergency departments (ED) in the United States, current access to sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) and emergency contraception (EC) in EDs is unknown.

Methods

In this study we employed a "secret shopper," cross-sectional telephonic survey. A team attempted phone contact with a representative sample of EDs and asked respondents about the availability of SANEs and EC in their ED. Reported availability was correlated with variables including region, urban/rural status, hospital size, faith affiliation, academic affiliation, and existence of legislative requirements to offer EC.

Results

Over a two-month period in 2019, 1,046 calls to hospitals were attempted and 960 were completed (91.7% response r

SUBMITTER: Cowdery C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11000551 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature