Findings from Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE): A case study of New Hampshire's pediatric SANE database

J Forensic Nurs. 2010 Winter;6(4):163-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2010.01083.x.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide child sexual abuse data gathered by sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) in New Hampshire at the time of the medical/forensic examination. This study provides demographic, victim and assault characteristics from 696 child sexual abuse patients between 1997 and 2007. The study is a collaborative project between the SANE Advisory Board, a team of university researchers, and the Research Committee of the New Hampshire (NH) Governor's Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Distribution
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Child
  • Child Abuse, Sexual* / diagnosis
  • Child Abuse, Sexual* / statistics & numerical data
  • Child, Preschool
  • Colposcopes / statistics & numerical data
  • Databases, Factual*
  • Female
  • Forensic Nursing* / organization & administration
  • Friends
  • Humans
  • Incest / statistics & numerical data
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • New Hampshire / epidemiology
  • Physical Examination / methods
  • Physical Examination / nursing
  • Physical Examination / statistics & numerical data
  • Population Surveillance
  • Sex Distribution
  • Time Factors