Evaluating the legal impact of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner programs: an empirically validated toolkit for practitioners.
J Forensic Nurs
; 10(4): 208-16, 2014.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25411812
ABSTRACT
There has been sustained interest in the academic literature and in policy circles regarding how Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs may bolster sexual assault prosecution rates in their communities, in addition to the health care they provide to their patients. To build evaluation capacity among forensic nurses so that they can evaluate their own programs, a practitioner-oriented, step-by-step evaluation toolkit (the SANE Practitioner Evaluation Toolkit) that can be used by SANE-A and SANE-P programs, and their community partners, to examine sexual assault prosecution rates in their local jurisdictions was created and validated. This article describes the process of creating and empirically validating the toolkit and presents the toolkit itself and accompanying resources that are available to practitioners. This article also provides recommendations regarding program readiness to engage in evaluation activities, without compromising program sustainability and patient care.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physical Examination
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Rape
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Forensic Nursing
Type of study:
Evaluation_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Forensic Nurs
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
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JURISPRUDENCIA
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article