Researcher: Sarah Hoffman (School of Nursing)
Abstract: Sexual and intimate partner violence directly or indirectly impacts a significant portion of the United States population. Structural inequities and systemic oppression challenge equitable access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) health services, which are critical for recovery and justice. Individuals with refugee, immigrant, and migrant (RIM) backgrounds experience compounded barriers to forensic healthcare. Our project aims to address these disparities by leveraging clinical data repositories to systematically analyze electronic health records of patients seeking post-assault care in Minnesota hospitals, with a focus on RIM populations. We will adapt informatics tools to extract patient profiles and identify patterns of access and utilization. Concurrently, we will engage an advisory group of RIM-serving organizations and SANE programs to inform culturally responsive service delivery. Findings will support targeted outreach and bidirectional technical assistance, advancing equitable forensic care and improving patient-centered outcomes for survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence in Minnesota’s diverse communities.
Edward Goetz
Edward G. Goetz is director of CURA and a faculty member at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
Ed specializes in housing and local community development planning and policy. His research focuses on issues of race and poverty and how they affect housing policy planning and development. Before coming to the University of Minnesota in 1988, he worked at the mayor's Office of Housing and Economic Development in San Francisco and for several nonprofit community developers in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He has served on the board of directors of nonprofit housing agencies in the Twin Cities, and on several regional commissions related to affordable housing and development.
He is the author of The One-Way Street of Integration: Fair Housing and the Pursuit of Racial Justice in American Cities (Cornell University Press, 2018), New Deal Ruins: Race, Economic Justice, and Public Housing Policy (Cornell University Press, 2013), Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America (2003, Urban Institute Press), Shelter Burden: Local Politics and Progressive Housing Policy (1993, Temple University Press), and co-editor of The New Localism: Comparative Urban Politics in a Global Era (1993, Sage Publications).
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