{"id":84824,"date":"2017-09-22T15:29:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T19:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84824"},"modified":"2017-09-21T21:19:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T01:19:22","slug":"sane-program-provides-critical-sexual-assault-victim-services-for-madison-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84824","title":{"rendered":"SANE Program provides critical sexual assault victim services for Madison County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"About one in five women and one in seventy-one men in the U.S. will become victims of sexual assault in their lifetime, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Colgate University, Community Memorial, and Liberty Resources began meetings in 2016 to connect passionate and motivated individuals in the community with an interest in providing more resources for local assault survivors. This unprecedented rural community partnership created the sexual assault nurse examiner program to provide sexual assault or abuse victims with critical medical and trauma care in southern Madison County.<\/p>\n

SANEs are registered nurses who have completed specialized education and clinical preparation in the medical forensic care of a patient who has experienced sexual abuse. SANE services \u2013\u00a0which include emergency contraception, trauma response, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, forensic medical care, and referral to further support services \u2013 are vital for evidence collection to identify and hold offenders accountable. Most important, however, is the survivor\u2019s treatment and recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe launch the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner initiative with a focus on the college student population allows us to support survivors through the aftermath of a sexual assault and respond in the most compassionate ways possible,\u201d said Dawn LaFrance, PsyD, Colgate University Director of Counseling and Psychological Services.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity Memorial Hospital is proud to partner with Liberty Resources and Colgate University to provide\u00a0this crucial service for the region,\u201d said Sean Fadale, President and CEO of Community Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe launch of this program demonstrates a combined effort of organizations and individuals focused on
\nproviding exceptional care for individuals who have suffered a sexual assault. We are all focused on providing the best interventions possible for our patients and connecting with our community partners.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur rural community will benefit from this first-of- a-kind team providing quality health care close to home,\u201d said\u00a0Merrill Miller, MD, Colgate University Director Health Services, \u201cOur five inaugural SANE nurses have completed extensive training courses and been approved by New York State. They are ready to help victims become survivors, and to move forward after a traumatic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLiberty Resources Help Restore Hope Center is thankful to be a part of this collaboration between Colgate University and Community Memorial Hospital. This effort will increase access greatly for survivors to exams for evidence collection and prosecution. Rural communities may have less access to resources than larger city areas, but we still have these same needs for trauma-informed survivor care,\u201d said Sara Haag, Liberty\u00a0Resources Divisional Director.<\/p>\n

Madison County SANE services can be accessed by contacting Help Restore Hope Center\u2019s hotline at 1-855-9NOWSAFE\/1-855-966-9723 or presenting directly to the emergency room at Community Memorial in Hamilton. From there, the survivor will be taken to a private area within the hospital. Advocates are available 24\/7 to provide support to the survivor throughout the SANE exam and processes which follow \u2013 longer term<\/p>\n

Advocates are available 24\/7 to provide support to the survivor throughout the SANE exam and processes which follow \u2013 longer term help is also available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About one in five women and one in seventy-one men in the U.S. will become victims of sexual assault in their lifetime, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Colgate University, Community Memorial, and Liberty Resources began meetings in 2016 to connect passionate and motivated individuals in the community with an interest in providing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-m48","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/SANE-program.jpg?fit=533%2C309&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}