Efficacy of a 2-year-old sexual assault nurse examiner program in a Canadian hospital

Toward the Establishment of a Forensic Nursing Specialty in Brazil

“…In the province of Ontario, Canada, Stermac and Stirpe (2002) examined hospital records of 515 women to compare services provided by SANEs with that of physicians. Women seen by SANEs and physicians were similar in demographic characteristics as seen in their reported use of alcohol and drugs before the sexual assault, the type of coercion they experienced during the assault, and the incidence of vaginal and anal rape perpetrated against them.…”

Minority Women Victims of Recent Sexual Violence: Disparities in Incident History

“…21 Consistent with other studies, nearly half of the women in this study were using some type of substance at the time of the sexual assault. 10,35,51 Because it is possible that some of these women may have substance misuse issues and may have experienced sexual assaults previously, an assessment of past history of sexual assault should be conducted and should inform the follow-up care and education that each woman receives. Interventions should be geared to preventing revictimization, which may include treatment for substance-related disorders.…”

“…This information has been reported along with the demographic variable, age of the victim, in previous research studies. 35,37,48,49,50,[56][57][58] One other datum constraint for this study was that some data in the forensic form were aggregated into categories for analysis.…”

“…27 In 2001-2002, it was estimated that victims of sexual assault comprised about 4% of all assault victims seeking care at U.S. EDs, or approximately 144,000 visits, with women and girls comprising 89% of the patients. 1 Although a few studies have examined the quality of care before, during, and after seeking medical services among recent victims of sexual violence, [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] relatively few studies have investigated differences in care characteristics by racial= ethnic status. 28,[36][37] In one study, only 17% of black women reported that they informed police after the assault.…”

Atendimento à mulher vítima de violência sexual: protocolo de assistência de Enfermagem

“…Nos Estados Unidos e Canadá, os programas de Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE -Enfermeiras Examinadoras de Agressão Sexual), nos quais a enfermeira é especialista na realização do exame forense em crianças e adultos, têm mostrado eficientes resultados em reduzir o trauma decorrente da agressão sexual na avaliação e tratamento às vítimas de violência sexual (4)(5) . Portanto, a enfermeira deve estar habilitada para acolher e desenvolver assistência voltada para a recuperação física, psicológi-ca e social, sem demonstrar atitudes preconceituosas (2) que possam interferir na adesão ao tratamento.…”