“I still feel so lost”: experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assault
Abstract Objective Emergency caregivers provide initial care to women sexual assault (SA) survivors. An improved understanding of the issues facing this population can aide emergency care practitioners in providing high quality care. The goal of this study was to share the experiences of women SA su...
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| author | Mara Buchbinder Elizabeth R. Brassfield Andrew S. Tungate Kristen D. Witkemper Teresa D'Anza Megan Lechner Kathy Bell Jenny Black Jennie Buchanan Rhiannon Reese Jeffrey Ho Gordon Reed Melissa Platt Ralph Riviello Catherine Rossi Patricia Nouhan Carolyn A Phillips Sandra L. Martin Israel Liberzon Sheila A.M. Rauch Kenneth Bollen Samuel A. McLean |
| author_facet | Mara Buchbinder Elizabeth R. Brassfield Andrew S. Tungate Kristen D. Witkemper Teresa D'Anza Megan Lechner Kathy Bell Jenny Black Jennie Buchanan Rhiannon Reese Jeffrey Ho Gordon Reed Melissa Platt Ralph Riviello Catherine Rossi Patricia Nouhan Carolyn A Phillips Sandra L. Martin Israel Liberzon Sheila A.M. Rauch Kenneth Bollen Samuel A. McLean |
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| description | Abstract Objective Emergency caregivers provide initial care to women sexual assault (SA) survivors. An improved understanding of the issues facing this population can aide emergency care practitioners in providing high quality care. The goal of this study was to share the experiences of women SA survivors with the emergency care practitioners that care for them. Methods English‐speaking adult women (n = 706) who received SA Nurse Examiner (SANE) evaluation within 72 hours of SA at 1 of 13 geographically distributed sites were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal multi‐site observational study. We qualitatively analyzed responses to the open‐ended question: “What do you think is most important for researchers to understand about your experience since the assault?” asked 1 week, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year after enrollment. Results Themes from responses (n = 1434) from 590 women (84% of study sample) fell into 12 broad categories: daily life, justice, medical, and social services, mental health, physical health, prior trauma, recovery, romantic relationships, safety, self, shame, and social interactions. Responses demonstrated that the assault permeates many aspects of assault survivors’ daily lives. Conclusions Qualitative analyses of open‐ended responses from a large cohort of women SA survivors receiving SANE care highlight the challenges for survivors and can increase understanding among the emergency care practitioners who care for them. The authors propose a brief acronym to help emergency care practitioners recall important messages for SA survivors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c5abf7daaa8f4ade852f2c07912184da2025-08-20T02:18:39ZengElsevierJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open2688-11522021-08-0124n/an/a10.1002/emp2.12464“I still feel so lost”: experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assaultMara Buchbinder0Elizabeth R. Brassfield1Andrew S. Tungate2Kristen D. Witkemper3Teresa D'Anza4Megan Lechner5Kathy Bell6Jenny Black7Jennie Buchanan8Rhiannon Reese9Jeffrey Ho10Gordon Reed11Melissa Platt12Ralph Riviello13Catherine Rossi14Patricia Nouhan15Carolyn A Phillips16Sandra L. Martin17Israel Liberzon18Sheila A.M. Rauch19Kenneth Bollen20Samuel A. McLean21Department of Social Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USADepartment of Social Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USAInstitute for Trauma Recovery University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USAInstitute for Trauma Recovery University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USAAlbuquerque SANE Collaborative Albuquerque New Mexico USAUC Health Memorial Hospital Colorado Springs Colorado USATulsa Forensic Nursing Tulsa Police Department Tulsa Oklahoma USAAustin SAFE Austin Texas USADepartment of Emergency Medicine Denver Health Denver Colorado USACrisis Center of Birmingham Birmingham Alabama USADepartment of Emergency Medicine Hennepin Healthcare Minneapolis Minnesota USADepartment of Emergency Medicine ChristianaCare Newark Delaware USASAFE Services University of Louisville Louisville Kentucky USAUT Health San Antonio San Antonio Texas USAForensic Nursing Cone Health Greensboro North Carolina USADepartment of Emergency Medicine Wayne State University Detroit Michigan USAMedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington District of Columbia USADepartment of Maternal and Child Health Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USADepartment of Psychiatry Texas A&M University Bryan Texas USADepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USADepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience and Department of Sociology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USAInstitute for Trauma Recovery University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USAAbstract Objective Emergency caregivers provide initial care to women sexual assault (SA) survivors. An improved understanding of the issues facing this population can aide emergency care practitioners in providing high quality care. The goal of this study was to share the experiences of women SA survivors with the emergency care practitioners that care for them. Methods English‐speaking adult women (n = 706) who received SA Nurse Examiner (SANE) evaluation within 72 hours of SA at 1 of 13 geographically distributed sites were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal multi‐site observational study. We qualitatively analyzed responses to the open‐ended question: “What do you think is most important for researchers to understand about your experience since the assault?” asked 1 week, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year after enrollment. Results Themes from responses (n = 1434) from 590 women (84% of study sample) fell into 12 broad categories: daily life, justice, medical, and social services, mental health, physical health, prior trauma, recovery, romantic relationships, safety, self, shame, and social interactions. Responses demonstrated that the assault permeates many aspects of assault survivors’ daily lives. Conclusions Qualitative analyses of open‐ended responses from a large cohort of women SA survivors receiving SANE care highlight the challenges for survivors and can increase understanding among the emergency care practitioners who care for them. The authors propose a brief acronym to help emergency care practitioners recall important messages for SA survivors.https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12464 |
| spellingShingle | Mara Buchbinder Elizabeth R. Brassfield Andrew S. Tungate Kristen D. Witkemper Teresa D'Anza Megan Lechner Kathy Bell Jenny Black Jennie Buchanan Rhiannon Reese Jeffrey Ho Gordon Reed Melissa Platt Ralph Riviello Catherine Rossi Patricia Nouhan Carolyn A Phillips Sandra L. Martin Israel Liberzon Sheila A.M. Rauch Kenneth Bollen Samuel A. McLean “I still feel so lost”: experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assault Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open |
| title | “I still feel so lost”: experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assault |
| title_full | “I still feel so lost”: experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assault |
| title_fullStr | “I still feel so lost”: experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assault |
| title_full_unstemmed | “I still feel so lost”: experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assault |
| title_short | “I still feel so lost”: experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assault |
| title_sort | i still feel so lost experiences of women receiving sane care during the year after sexual assault |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12464 |
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