Word: sexualizing
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...Committed to Aiding Sexual Assault Victims
...mission of Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) is "To Heal…To Care…To Educate." Actualizing this mission, our role is to provide the very best care to the community we serve. We acknowledge that sexual assault is a horrific crime that extends well beyond the initial assault. It impacts the lives of its survivors and the community at large. We care about our campus community and are committed to consistently evaluating our sexual assault services in order to offer the highest quality of care...
...someone you know should need help, you can call HUHS 24 hours a day. A nurse will speak with you immediately and encourage you (or the patient) to come to HUHS. Once a sexual assault survivor comes to HUHS the physician and nurse provide immediate support and physical and emotional assessment. Our mental health clinicians are on call 24 hours a day and are available for immediate crisis intervention as well as comprehensive long term counseling to assist survivors recovery and healing. The mental health clinicians at HUHS are trained in sexual assault counseling and are available for emergency visits...
...have changed our policy of administering the sexual assault exam in response to the creation of a sexual assault program in Massachusetts. In 1997, a study was conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) that assessed the quality of care for survivors of sexual assault in Massachusetts. The recommendations of that study resulted in the development and implementation of The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program (SANE Program). Sexual assault survivors need an emergency response system that provides immediate comprehensive and compassionate care, and ensures proper collection of forensic evidence. The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program (SANE) has dramatically...
...SANE provides expert testimony to assist with prosecution. Thus, SANEs provide sensitive, compassionate, and expert care to survivors of sexual assault in designated SANE sites. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has been very careful to designate emergency departments as SANE sites. This DPH decision was based on many hours of research regarding the best sites for the SANE program. There are medical as well as legal reasons for choosing emergency departments. SANEs must practice in designated emergency departments. Other health care settings, including HUHS, aren't allowed to offer the services of the SANEs. To be a designated...