Yesterday the White House Council on Women and Girls released their report, Rape and Sexual Assault: A Renewed Call to Action (PDF). While I love the sense of purpose behind it, I feel pretty lukewarm about how SANEs are characterized–maybe I’m overly sensitive, but I bristle at statements like, “These nurse examiners are trained to provide respectful and supportive care while collecting forensic evidence after a rape or sexual assault”. All I hear in that sentence is candy-striper*, not specially educated and experienced clinician who provides targeted, appropriate healthcare to patients who present with a chief complaint of sexual assault. But I digress.
The report is worth perusing for the citations alone. Every stat and relevant report you could pretty much want (in the US, anyway) is there. It’s handy to have, encapsulates the good work of this administration on the issue of sexual violence, and is a concise and easy read.
*For those of you too young to remember candy stripers…
{Check out also the language in the newly published position paper on Adult/Adolescent SANE Education and Certification (PDF).}