Setting a new standard of Sexual Assault Trauma Care
WENY — Early this afternoon, Guthrie Health along with Penn State University officially launched the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Tele-health program for victims. The SAFE-T program is designed to have a nurse experienced in sexual assault cases participate in the exam along with the local site nurse. This is done with specialized Tele-health technology where the experienced nurse is virtually present and…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sheridan Miyamoto, assistant professor of nursing and principal investigator of the SAFE-T Center, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). Miyamoto will be formally recognized during the academy’s annual conference held virtually Oct. 29-31. Fellowship in the academy reflects the nominee’s contribution to education, management, practice, policy and research. Additionally, fellows are integral to the academy’s goal of transforming…
Authors: Nicolyn Charlot, Brittany Gay, Elizabeth Baker, John Hamel, Jacqueline Fisher, L.B. Klein, Cathryn Richmond, & Sheridan Miyamoto Additional Contributors: Abigail Akande, Caroline Friedman Levy, Megan Greeson,Melanie Hetzel-Riggin, Canan Karatekin, Alex Piquero, & Heather Risser In 2018 [1], over 6.3 million people experienced a threatened, attempted, or completed violent crime such as rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, robbery, aggravated assault, or…
Sheridan Miyamoto in Penn State College of Nursing is one of 11 nurse scientists accepted to the inaugural cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowships for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. This new fellowship program, funded by a five-year, $37.5 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, recognizes early- to mid-career nursing scholars and innovators with a high potential…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center has been utilizing telehealth along with a community-engaged solution to enhance sexual assault care in rural and underserved communities in Pennsylvania. Now, its researchers are providing a guide to help others interested in creating similar programs. According to experts, nearly 1 in 3 women and 1 in…
Miyamoto, S., Thiede, E.*, Dorn, L., Perkins, D. F., Bittner, C., & Scanlon, D. (2020). The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center: A comprehensive, nurse‐led telehealth model to address disparities in sexual assault care. The Journal of Rural Health, 37(1), 92–102. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12474
Delivering the new standard of Sexual Assault Trauma Care
