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This Web site is operated by Linda E. Ledray, RN, Ph.D., SANE-A, FAAN, Director of the SANE-SART Resource Service in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1977, Dr. Ledray developed the SARS model, a hospital-based SANE program working within the SART mode. SARS was one of the first SANE programs. SARS is based at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and exams are conducted by SARS staff at seven medical facilities within Hennepin County. SARS organized the first meeting of SANEs, which led to the founding of the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) in 1992.
Dr. Ledray served as the Director of SARS from 1977 to 2009. During that time, SARS made a firm commitment to SANE-SART program evaluation research as the only means of ensuring that SANE-SART program development is evidence-based. As a result, SARS has conducted extensive research on sexual assault impact and treatment efficacy, evidence collection, as well as program process and outcome research. Through leading technical assistance workshops, conducting SANE-SART trainings and writing "The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Development and Operation Guide" (OVC: 1999), SARS has helped communities across the country develop SANE-SART programs.
Initial funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime (Grant No. 96-VF-GX-K012). Funding is currently provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Grant No. 27-60-l01014).
WEB SITE GOAL
The goal of this Web site is to provide information and technical assistance to individuals and institutions interested in developing new SANE-SART programs or improving existing ones.
SANE PROGRAM NATIONAL DATABASE GOAL
The goal of the U.S. Department of Commerce grant is to assist SANE programs to work cooperatively and share information so they can learn from the experiences and successes of each other.
While initial SANE-SART development was in large metropolitan areas, today development is underway in smaller cities and rural communities. While the SANE Development and Operation Guide has been a valuable development resource, many SANE programs continue to operate in isolation once they are developed and many have not yet developed a system for feedback from the laboratory where their collected evidence is processed. As a result, many SANE programs do not know what evidence is actually being utilized or, if and whe, they are getting positive specimens for sperm, P 30, acid phosphatase, trace evidence or DNA. Without this feedback, SANE programs cannot evaluate or improve their evidence collection practices. It is also important that SANE programs know the likely results in order to testify more knowledgeably about the significance of results in a particular case should it go to court.
Additionally, many SANE programs do not receive feedback about the legal status of their cases, nor the results if the assailant pleas guilty. In order for SANEs to function at their optimum level, it is essential that this feedback be obtained and the implications determined.
By participating in the SANE Program national database, programs will be assisted in setting up the procedures for obtaining important feedback information. Once it is entered into the database, programs will be provided information to evaluate their own results and compare their results to those in other regions. It is expected that by having better information about the results of evidence collection and utilization, SANE-SART programs will be able to identify strengths and weaknesses and improve their evidence collection and prosecution rates in future cases.
From the Topics menu, click on SANE Prgm Natl Data for further information.
WEB SITE STAFF
Linda E. Ledray, RN, Ph.D., SANE-A, FAAN
Director, SANE-SART Resource Service
MMRF, Minneapolis, MN
Phone: 612-873-2434
E-mail: Dr. Linda E. Ledray
Linda L. McMahon, CTC
Website Coordinator and SART Conference Meeting Planner, Minneapolis, MN
E-mail: SARTconf@comcast.net
Diane Mignone
SANE Program National Database Administrator, SANE-SART Resource Service
MMRF, Minneapolis, MN
E-mail: Diane Mignone
Last Updated Friday, August 07 2009 @ 10:21 AM
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