Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs) are community-based, multidisciplinary interventions that strive to coordinate the response to sexual assault. SARTs consist of sexual assault responders (e.g., rape crisis advocates, police, forensic examiners/Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, and prosecutors) and seek to increase responder collaboration to improve survivors’ help-seeking experiences. There is a lack of empirical research examining factors underlying SARTs’ goals and what leads communities to form SARTs. Therefore, this study sought to examine the goals and motivations present in SART development using a multiple-methods approach with a national random sample of n = 172 SARTs. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to examine factors underlying SART goals, and qualitative thematic analysis was used to explore what motivators drove SART formation. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses underscored the importance of improving the accessibility and quality of services, improving the treatment of survivors, and increasing responder collaboration. The qualitative findings offered additional insight into the importance of community education and various community contextual factors (e.g., funding and policy requirements) that influence SARTs. Findings inform future research and practice on SART goals and functioning, such as how SART goals may relate to team structure, effectiveness, and capacity-building opportunities.

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性侵犯应对小组的目标和发展动机

性侵犯响应小组 (SART) 是基于社区的多学科干预措施，致力于协调对性侵犯的响应。SART 由性侵犯应对者（例如，强奸危机倡导者、警察、法医检查员/性侵犯护士检查员和检察官）组成，并寻求加强应对者合作，以改善幸存者的寻求帮助体验。缺乏实证研究来检验 SART 目标背后的因素以及是什么导致社区形成 SART。因此，本研究试图使用多种方法对全国随机样本 n = 172 个 SART 进行研究，以检验 SART 开发中存在的目标和动机。探索性因素分析 (EFA) 用于检查 SART 目标背后的因素，定性主题分析用于探索推动 SART 形成的动机。定性和定量分析都强调了提高服务的可及性和质量、改善幸存者的待遇以及加强响应者合作的重要性。定性研究结果为社区教育的重要性以及影响 SART 的各种社区背景因素（例如资金和政策要求）提供了更多见解。研究结果为未来关于 SART 目标和运作的研究和实践提供了信息，例如 SART 目标如何与团队结构、有效性和能力建设机会相关。