SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner)

Lessons Learned from 17 Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) Sites: What I Wish I Had Known! (Code 47)

Primary Presenter(s)

• JT

  Jessica Taylor, PhD

  SAKI Evaluation Project Director
  Westat

Co-Presenter(s)

• JC

  June Crandall, MA

  Senior Study Director
  Westat
  Rockville, Maryland
• PJ

  Pamela Jenkins, Phd

  SAKI Coordinator
  New Orleans Police Department
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• HM

  Heidi Martin, BSN,RN, SANE-A

  Forensic Nurse Specialist
  University Medical Center New Orleans
  New Orleans, Louisiana
• MB

  Miranda Baxter, B.S.

  Research Assistant
  Westat

Appreciate the lessons learned from the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) and the implications for SANE programs.

Learning Outcome(s). Increased knowledge about:

• how 17 sites across the country are implementing new policies and procedures regarding the collection and processing of sexual assault kits.
• strategies and lessons learned for incorporating SANE programs and staff into multidisciplinary reform efforts.
• one SANE program's participation in reform efforts to best coordinate with other justice system and community stakeholders.