Mar
31
Cyberbullying
March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
HRSA‘s Maternal and Child Health Bureau is hosting a free webinar on cyberbullying April 22nd at 3pm ET. It’s scheduled to last 90 minutes and will feature information on prevention and response to cyberbullying, including legal and policy issues. Pre-registration is required.
Mar
31
Prison Rape
March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday, Tell Me More did a segment on prison rape. Judge Reggie B. Walton is Chairman of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission and was one of 3 featured guests on the program. His remarks alone make it worth listening to the 17 minute segment.
Mar
30
An FHO Extra: Plan B & the FDA in Fed Court
March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I’m a bit late to this story, but last week a federal court judge ordered the FDA to make Plan B available to 17 year olds without a prescription within the next 30 days and consider making it OTC for younger girls, as well. The judge essentially ruled that the FDA had acted in bad [...]
Mar
30
Motor Vehicle Crashes
March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Nursingceu.com has a CE offering on motor vehicle crashes. It’s the standard article-posttest format and will net you 2 CEUs (at a cost of $18). It caught my eye because it has a section on assessing the scene, which might appeal to some of you.
Mar
30
Intersection of DV & Child Victimization
March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Institute for Family Violence Studies at the Florida State University College of Social Work put together an online tutorial on DV and child victimization. The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Victimization: Understanding the Issues, Developing a Coordinated Community Response was created for domestic violence advocates and their communities, so although it isn’t healthcare [...]
Mar
27
Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Blog
March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Probably the most important thing that happened over at the Sustainability blog this week was that we got our comments widget fixed (and our 1st conversations have begun)! Also this week: A webinar on Storytelling and Social Media Fieldstone Alliance‘s resources for opportunities in lean times, including current information on the economic stimulus funds A [...]
Mar
26
Emerging Legal Issues in Nursing
March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Center for American Nurses is offering a 4 part webinar series on emerging legal issues in nursing, beginning with part 1, Emerging Issues in Electronic Health Records for Nurses, Wednesday, April 15th. The webinar begins at 7pm ET and runs 75 minutes. CEs are available for nurses; each webinar will net you 1.25.
Mar
26
STI Clinical Guide
March 26, 2009 | 5 Comments
I’ve been wanting to start publishing guides on this site for some time, and just haven’t gotten around to doing it until now. Because there’s so much content on this site (and still more out there in the interwebs) I figured it might be useful periodically to provide a post that gives you some ideas [...]
Mar
25
History & Future of the Family Justice Center Movement
March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Family Justice Center Alliance is hosting a webinar on the history and future of the Family Justice Center movement. It’s being held April 2nd from 9-10 AM Pacific Time. Casey Gwinn, JD (PDF) will be the featured presenter. Preregistration is required and space is limited. You can go here to register. UPDATE: You can [...]
Mar
24
Youth Violence Prevention
March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This week is Youth Violence Prevention Week and NCJRS has a site dedicated to the topic. By clicking on the right hand column of the main page, you can access fully-linked separate pages on stats; gun violence; youth violence; research; school violence; and gangs. Most of the links lead to federal sites (most of those [...]
