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Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth

Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth

Using Telemedicine Technology to Enhance Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Exams: Purpose Area 1: Demonstration Project $1,143,143 Award #: 2016–NE–BX–K001

Research Team

Sheridan Miyamoto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, College of Nursing

Founder and Director: Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center

Office of Justice Programs  

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• Office of Justice Programs
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime

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Sheridan Miyamoto Publications

Sheridan Miyamoto Publications

Sheridan Miyamoto – Research output — Penn State (psu.edu)

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SAFE-T System: Sustaining and scaling nurse-led sexual assault care

SAFE-T System: Sustaining and scaling nurse-led sexual assault care

The goal of this project is to create a business model that will allow for the replication, growth, and sustainability of the SAFE-T System to enhance access and equity in quality of care for sexual assault victims wherever they may live.

Research Team

Sheridan Miyamoto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, College of Nursing

Founder and Director: Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center

Regents of the University of California  

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• Regents of the University of California

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Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center Campus Community Collaborative

Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center Campus Community Collaborative

 This funding forms the SAFE-T Center Campus Community Collaborative to expand collaboration between local SANEs, and campus interdisciplinary partners to address gaps in SANE/SART (sexual assault response team) development, training and messaging to students to reduce barriers to reporting and seeking healthcare, and the integration of SANE knowledge and partnership as a resource in Student Conduct and Title IX proceedings.

Research Team

Sheridan Miyamoto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, College of Nursing

Founder and Director: Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs  

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• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Office of Justice Programs

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Telehealth Equitable Access Model for Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (TEAM SAFE

Telehealth Equitable Access Model for Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (TEAM SAFE

This funding allows for an adaptation of our successful community-based SAFE-T program to provide expert SANE-led care to rural hospitals that are unable to maintain a local SANE-trained workforce. The program will provide secure, telehealth forensic technology and expert nurse consultation to untrained providers. Implementing and evaluating the impact of SAFE-T in the most remote, under resourced hospitals will provide important information that will be used to effectively scale and sustain programs so that all hospitals in need, regardless of volume and resources, can readily deliver high-quality, trauma-informed care to victims in their own communities.

Research Team

Sheridan Miyamoto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, College of Nursing

Founder and Director: Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center

Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation-  

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• Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation-

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Experiences with COVID-19 stressors and parents’ use of neglectful, harsh, and positive parenting practices in the Northeastern United States

Experiences with COVID-19 stressors and parents’ use of neglectful, harsh, and positive parenting practices in the Northeastern United States

Connell, C.M. & Strambler, M.J. Experiences with COVID-19 stressors and parents’ use of neglectful, harsh, and positive parenting practices in the Northeastern United States. Child Maltreatment, 26, 255-266, 2021.

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Caseworker assessment of child risk and functioning and their relation to service use in the child welfare system.

Caseworker assessment of child risk and functioning and their relation to service use in the child welfare system.

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• Connell, C.M., Bory, C.T., Huang, C.Y.*, Genovese, M., Caron, C., Tebes, J.K. Caseworker assessment of child risk and functioning and their relation to service use in the child welfare system. Children & Youth Services Review, 99, 81-86, 2019.

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Validating the Child Trauma Screen among a cross-sectional sample of youth and caregivers in pediatric primary care.

Validating the Child Trauma Screen among a cross-sectional sample of youth and caregivers in pediatric primary care.

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• Lang, J.M., Connell, C.M., & Macary, S. Validating the Child Trauma Screen among a cross-sectional sample of youth and caregivers in pediatric primary care. Clinical Pediatrics, 60, 252-258, 2021.

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Experiences with COVID-19 stressors and parents’ use of neglectful, harsh, and positive parenting practices in the Northeastern United States.

Experiences with COVID-19 stressors and parents’ use of neglectful, harsh, and positive parenting practices in the Northeastern United States.

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• Connell, C.M. & Strambler, M.J. Experiences with COVID-19 stressors and parents’ use of neglectful, harsh, and positive parenting practices in the Northeastern United States. Child Maltreatment, 26, 255-266, 2021.

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Enhancing capacity for trauma-informed care in child welfare: Impact of a statewide systems change initiative

Enhancing capacity for trauma-informed care in child welfare: Impact of a statewide systems change initiative

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• Connell, C.M., Lang, J.M., Zorba, B., & Stevens, K. Enhancing capacity for trauma-informed care in child welfare: Impact of a statewide systems change initiative. American Journal of Community Psychology [special issue: Applied and Translational Research on Trauma-Responsive Programs and Policy], 64, 467-480, 2019.

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Effects of community-based wraparound services on child and caregiver outcomes following child protective service involvement.

Effects of community-based wraparound services on child and caregiver outcomes following child protective service involvement.

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• Connell, C.M., Kim, H.W., Shipe, S.L., Pittenger, S.L., & Tebes, J.K. Effects of community-based wraparound services on child and caregiver outcomes following child protective service involvement. Child Maltreatment, in press. http://doi.org/10.1177/10775595221125454

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Legislating to prevent adverse childhood experiences: Growth and opportunities for evidence-based policymaking and prevention.

Legislating to prevent adverse childhood experiences: Growth and opportunities for evidence-based policymaking and prevention.

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• Crowley, D.M., Connell, C.M., Noll, J.G., Green, L., Scott, T., Long, E., & Giray, C. Legislating to prevent adverse childhood experiences: Growth and opportunities for evidence-based policymaking and prevention. Prevention Science, 23, 181-191, 2022. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-021-01292-x

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Trauma ScreenTIME Evaluation Grant (NCTSN)

Trauma ScreenTIME Evaluation Grant (NCTSN)

Research Team

Christian M. Connell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies

Director: Child Maltreatment Solutions Network

 

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Translational Center for Child Maltreatment Studies Dissemination and Outreach Core (DOC P50 Grant)

Translational Center for Child Maltreatment Studies Dissemination and Outreach Core (DOC P50 Grant)

Research Team

Christian M. Connell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies

Director: Child Maltreatment Solutions Network

 

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Childhood Maltreatment and DNA Methylation: A Systematic Review

Childhood Maltreatment and DNA Methylation: A Systematic Review

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• Rubens, M., Bruenig, D., Adams, J. A. M., Suresh, S. M., Sathyanarayanan, A., Haslam, D., Shenk, C. E., Mathews, B., & Mehta, D. (in press). Childhood Maltreatment and DNA Methylation: A Systematic Review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105079. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105079.

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Receptive language abilities for females exposed to early life adversity: Modification by epigenetic age acceleration at midlife in a 30-year prospective cohort study.

Receptive language abilities for females exposed to early life adversity: Modification by epigenetic age acceleration at midlife in a 30-year prospective cohort study.

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• Felt, J.M., Harrington, K.D., Ram, N., O’Donnell, K.J., Sliwinski, M.J., Benson, L., Meaney, M.J., Zhang, Z.*, Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G., & Shenk, C.E. (in press). Receptive language abilities for females exposed to early life adversity: Modification by epigenetic age acceleration at midlife in a 30-year prospective cohort study. Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Science.

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Childhood Maltreatment and DNA Methylation: A Systematic Review

Childhood Maltreatment and DNA Methylation: A Systematic Review

Rubens, M., Bruenig, D., Adams, J. A. M., Suresh, S. M., Sathyanarayanan, A., Haslam, D., Shenk, C. E., Mathews, B., & Mehta, D. (in press). 

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• Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105079. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105079.

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Cortisol trajectories measured prospectively across thirty years of female development following exposure to childhood sexual abuse: Moderation by epigenetic age acceleration at midlife.

Cortisol trajectories measured prospectively across thirty years of female development following exposure to childhood sexual abuse: Moderation by epigenetic age acceleration at midlife.

Shenk, C.E., Felt, J.M.*, Ram, N., O’Donnell, K.J., Sliwinski, M.J., Pokhvisneva, I., Benson, L., Meaney, M.J., Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G. (2022). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 136, PMCID: PMC8724404.

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Respiratory sinus arrhythmia change during Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Results from a randomized controlled feasibility trial.

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia change during Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Results from a randomized controlled feasibility trial.

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• Shenk, C.E., Allen, B., Dreschel, N.A., Wang, M., Felt, J.M.*, Brown, M.P., Bucher, A.M., Chen, M.J., & Olson, A.E.* (2022). Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50, 1487-1499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00946-w. PMCID: PMC9187846.

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Behavioral and pharmacological interventions for the prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorders with children exposed to maltreatment.

Behavioral and pharmacological interventions for the prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorders with children exposed to maltreatment.

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• Shenk, C.E., Keeshin, B., Bensman, H.E., Olson, A.E.*, & Allen, B. (2021). Behavioral and pharmacological interventions for the prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorders with children exposed to maltreatment. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 211, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173298. PMCID: PMC8643336.