Sexual assault response teams (SARTs) are multidisciplinary interventions that seek to improve the response to sexual assault in their community. SARTs bring together relevant stakeholders (e.g., sexual assault advocates, medical/forensic examiners, police, prosecutors) to coordinate the response to sexual assault and improve survivors’ help-seeking experiences. SARTs may adopt various infrastructures to guide their team (e.g., case review, subcommittees), but little is known about how infrastructure influences SART effectiveness. Therefore, this qualitative study examined the helpful versus challenging aspects of SART infrastructure. Interviews from a national random sample of 169 SART leaders revealed helpful versus challenging aspects of mission statements, formal protocols, subcommittees, team roles, trainings, meetings, and case review. Participants believed infrastructures have positive influences on interdisciplinary relationships, team efficiency, and creating improvements in responding to sexual assault. However, certain infrastructures were difficult to implement for some teams. Additionally, some infrastructures can have unintended consequences, such as exacerbating team conflict. Findings suggest that SARTs may benefit from first focusing on infrastructures that build trusting interdisciplinary relationships and widespread buy-in prior to implementing accountability-focused measures (e.g., protocols, case review).

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对性侵犯反应小组内协作基础设施的定性检查

性侵犯反应小组 (SART) 是多学科干预措施，旨在改善社区对性侵犯的反应。SART 将相关利益相关者（例如，性侵犯倡导者、医学/法医检查员、警察、检察官）聚集在一起，以协调对性侵犯的反应并改善幸存者的求助体验。SART 可能采用各种基础设施来指导他们的团队（例如，案例审查、小组委员会），但对基础设施如何影响 SART 有效性知之甚少。因此，这项定性研究检查了 SART 基础设施的有用与挑战方面。对 169 名 SART 领导者的全国随机抽样访谈揭示了使命陈述、正式协议、小组委员会、团队角色、培训、会议和案例审查的有用与挑战方面。参与者认为基础设施对跨学科关系、团队效率和在应对性侵犯方面产生积极影响。但是，对于某些团队来说，某些基础架构难以实施。此外，一些基础设施可能会产生意想不到的后果，例如加剧团队冲突。研究结果表明，在实施以问责制为重点的措施（例如协议、案例审查）之前，SART 可能会受益于首先关注建立信任的跨学科关系和广泛认同的基础设施。一些基础设施可能会产生意想不到的后果，例如加剧团队冲突。研究结果表明，在实施以问责制为重点的措施（例如协议、案例审查）之前，SART 可能会受益于首先关注建立信任的跨学科关系和广泛认同的基础设施。一些基础设施可能会产生意想不到的后果，例如加剧团队冲突。研究结果表明，在实施以问责制为重点的措施（例如协议、案例审查）之前，SART 可能会受益于首先关注建立信任的跨学科关系和广泛认同的基础设施。