Colleen Cowdery, Diana Halloran, Rebecca Henderson, Ma Kathleen M Allen, Kelly O'Shea, Kristen Woodward, Susan Rifai, Scott A Cohen, Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Cristina Zeretzke-Bien, Lauren A Walter, Marie-Carmelle Elie-Turenne
BACKGROUND: Despite the prevalence of sexual assault presentations to emergency departments (ED) in the United States, current access to sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) and emergency contraception (EC) in EDs is unknown. METHODS: In this study we employed a "secret shopper," cross-sectional telephonic survey. A team attempted phone contact with a representative sample of EDs and asked respondents about the availability of SANEs and EC in their ED. Reported availability was correlated with variables including region, urban/rural status, hospital size, faith affiliation, academic affiliation, and existence of legislative requirements to offer EC...
March 2024: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine