Alberta program trains rural health-care workers in supporting sex assault victims
The Alberta government says $1 million in funding is to be used to train rural health-care providers to better support victims of sexual assault.
The money, announced in October, helped Grande Prairie's Northwestern Polytechnic develop an online course for specialized training.
The course, called Rural Sexual Assault Care-Expanded, teaches how to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed care to survivors of recent sex assaults.
It focuses on assessment, forensic evidence collection and court testimony.
The government says too often sex assault survivors in rural Alberta must drive long distances to access essential care and services.
The funding is to cover the cost of the online course for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, registered midwives and doctors in rural Alberta.
"We want to ensure that as many health-care providers as possible have access to training to best support survivors of sexual assault when they are most vulnerable, and no matter where they live in the province," Tanya Fir, Alberta's parliamentary secretary for the status of women, said in a news release Monday.
"Alberta’s government is committed to supporting all survivors and ensuring the resources and support they deserve are available to them."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 20, 2023.
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