TY - JOUR
T1 - Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Implementation of a Comprehensive Sexual Assault Telehealth Program in Rural Communities
T2 - A Qualitative Study
AU - Miyamoto, Sheridan
AU - Wright, Elizabeth N.
AU - Thiede, Elizabeth
AU - Perkins, Daniel F.
AU - Bittner, Cynthia
AU - Dorn, Lorah
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, U.S. Department of Justice, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (grant number P50HD089922, 2016-NE-BX-K001, UL1 TR002014).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Access to quality sexual assault (SA) care in rural communities is limited by challenges surrounding building and sustaining a skilled SA nurse examiner workforce. Telehealth can facilitate access to expert care while cultivating a local sexual assault response. The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center aims to decrease disparities in SA care by providing expert, live, interactive mentoring, quality assurance, and evidence-based training via telehealth. This study examines multidisciplinary perceptions of pre-implementation barriers and SAFE-T program impact using qualitative methods. Implications for the implementation of telehealth programs to support access to quality SA care are considered.
AB - Access to quality sexual assault (SA) care in rural communities is limited by challenges surrounding building and sustaining a skilled SA nurse examiner workforce. Telehealth can facilitate access to expert care while cultivating a local sexual assault response. The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center aims to decrease disparities in SA care by providing expert, live, interactive mentoring, quality assurance, and evidence-based training via telehealth. This study examines multidisciplinary perceptions of pre-implementation barriers and SAFE-T program impact using qualitative methods. Implications for the implementation of telehealth programs to support access to quality SA care are considered.
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U2 - 10.1177/10778012231159413
DO - 10.1177/10778012231159413
M3 - Article
C2 - 36913738
AN - SCOPUS:85150819387
SN - 1077-8012
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
ER -