UAA Training for Health Care Providers Keeps Victims of Violent Crimes from Falling Through the Cracks

Alaska Public Media

Dec 17, 2024

Describes a forensics training to teach healthcare professionals how to provide care to patients that have experienced sexual violence. Notes that rural communities with limited access to the state's sexual assault response team benefit from trained healthcare workers. Discusses the value in healthcare worker documentation of signs of abuse in patients.

Abuse and violence · Access · Health workforce education and training · Trauma-informed care · Alaska