Compassionate Forensic Healthcare | Anywhere
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
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,MelanieHetzel-Riggin, Canan Karatekin, Alex Piquero, & Heather Risser Violence (e.g., physical, psychological, and sexual) is unfortunately common and often results in victims needing immediate and long-term services. Victim service organizations deliver vital assistance to victims of…
LOCK HAVEN — Roads to Peace and Lock Haven UPMC have been working together a lot more since the new SAFE-T program launched. Lock Haven UPMC notified the SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) Team about the SAFE-T program during winter of 2019. Roads to Peace was willing to help anyway they could to ensure that their clients were served appropriately…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Having access to high-quality, sexual-assault care is vital, especially during these uncertain times. Penn State’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center is continuing to provide support to sexual-assault nurse examiners in local hospitals across the commonwealth, through their innovative telehealth solution, which allows nurse examiners to partner with local-site nurses during live exams. UPMC Williamsport is…
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