Setting a new standard of Sexual Assault Trauma Care
Credit: PSU News, “Nese College of Nursing SAFE-T System receives 2025 ANA Innovation Award” Each year, the American Nurses Association (ANA) recognizes nurse innovators whose novel approaches improve patient care and health outcomes and also recognizes them for their sustainability and scalability in U.S. markets. Sheridan Miyamoto, associate professor in the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, is the…
Credit: PSU News, “Pa. legislation expands access to sexual assault nurse examiners across state“ Supported by Penn State’s SAFE-T System, Act 59 of 2023 creates an infrastructure of SANEs and improved access to care for survivors. Click here to view SAFE-T System’s Full Policy Brief for SB414: SAFE-T Policy Brief SB414 Survivors of sexual violence in Pennsylvania will soon benefit…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sexual assault victims have better outcomes when they receive specialized care, yet there is a shortage of trained sexual-assault nurses across the country, especially in rural areas. A $1.5 million, three-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration will allow the Penn State’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center to identify and partner with…
The SAFE-T Center was mentioned in a Joint State Government Commission Report by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania titled, “Mental Health Services for Victims of Sexual Assault and Rape.” The report detailed active Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awards in Pennsylvania, which includes the SAFE-T Center. According to the report, the SAFE-T Center was the second…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For victims of sexual assault, high-quality health care provided by sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) is associated with improved health and prosecutorial outcomes. However, very little is known about access to SANEs. Sheridan Miyamoto, assistant professor and SAFE-T Center principal investigator, and Elizabeth Thiede, nursing doctoral student and 2021 ENRS Student Conference Scholarship Award winner, wanted…
What is the overall goal of the project? The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (“SAFE-T”) Center aims to develop a statewide network of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (“SANEs”) so that no matter where victims seek medical treatment, they have access to compassionate, high-quality, forensically defensible, and patient-centered care. By establishing the SAFE-T Center, medical professionals conducting sexual assault forensic exams…
Delivering the new standard of Sexual Assault Trauma Care
