And with many doctors and health care professionals wanting to know more about how to properly identify and examine the victims of abuse, the state grant will seek physician, nurse and other health care practitioners in smaller communities to duplicate the success of their peers in Sacramento County. It would take a small county five to ten years to get there, but there is no reason for them to reinvent the wheel. With UC Davis acting as the hub of a training wheel for Northern California, McCann said the latest research information, program-development consultation and even help with information policy will flow first to those communities most eager to duplicate Sacramento County's success. There is a lot to duplicate. For example, convictions of suspected offenders frequently hinge on careful documentation of the victims' injuries.
Photographs can be pivotal.
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