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Report

Texas Health Resources Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program: Final Report and Findings from the 5-Year Evaluation

Publication Date

April 2021

Author(s)

Robert C. Davis, Torie Camp, Michael Lebron, and Kalani Johnson

Abstract

The National Policing Institute (NPI) conducted an evaluation of the Texas Health Resources (THR) Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program during a five-year (2016-2020) expansion of the program funded by the Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT). While criminal justice indicators (e.g., number of reports and convictions of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault) were inconclusive, the THR system-wide SANE program achieved several key goals.

Research Design

Non-experimental

Research Methods

Longitudinal study, Secondary data analysis, Interviews, Focus groups, Surveys

Recommended Citation

Davis, R. C., Camp, T., Lebron, M., & Johnson, K. (2021). Texas Health Resources sexual assault nurse examiner program: Final report and findings from the 5-year evaluation. National Policing Institute. https://www.policinginstitute.org/publication/texas-health-resources-sexual-assault-nurse-examiner-program-final-report-and-findings-from-the-5-year-evaluation/