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Competencies Needed by Health Professionals for Addressing Exposure to Violence and Abuse in Patient Care

I’ve been waiting for these to be available electronically for awhile now. As promised, Competencies Needed by Health Professionals for Addressing Exposure to Violence and Abuse in Patient Care (PDF) is now available for download from the Academy on Violence and Abuse. Perfect? No. A good start? Absolutely.

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Elder Abuse/Neglect

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Several organizations are collaborating on resources to recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, June 15th. There will be 2 online events held on that day. The 1st is a blog radio segment featuring a panel of experts discussing abuse in later life. The session will be held from 1-1:30 ET, and can be accessed here.

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Sexual Assault

Unanalyzed Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases

NIJ has a new publication on the DNA kit backlog, The Road Ahead: Unanalyzed Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases (PDF). From the Introduction: “Untested sexual assault evidence is being discovered in police evidence rooms all across the country. In this report, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) offers an overview of the issue. We look at a variety of ramifications for the police and crime laboratories, for the courts and for the victims.” (p. iii).

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Child Abuse DV/IPV

Assessing and Intervening in the Home with Victims of IPV

The National AIA Resource Center has a teleconference series that includes Assessing and Intervening in the Home with Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. The session will take place June 7th, at 10am PT. Cost to register is per phone line at $25 (that means you can pay for one registration and have your whole team listening in if you wanted).

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Who says the CDC doesn’t have a sense of humor?

If you're    ready for a zombie apocalypse, then you're ready for any emergency.    emergency.cdc.gov
Meant to post this last week when it came out…

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Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking

Just heard about this one: The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Kennedy School of Government is hosting a free webinar: Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking. The session will be held from 2-4pm ET on May 25th. Preregistration is required.

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DV/IPV

Safety Planning

The Family Justice Center Alliance is hosting a webinar on safety planning, May 26th from 9-10:30 am PT. Participation is free, but advanced registration is required.

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Articles of Note Child Abuse DV/IPV Elder Abuse/Neglect Sexual Assault

Articles of Note: May Edition

I’m getting ready to head to Austin, where I hope I will see many of you at this year’s SANE-SART Conference. However, right now it is time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the late April/May/June issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. There’s also one free, full-text publication from NIJ, so keep an eye out for that one.

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Sexual Assault

Women’s Day of Action to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

The Nobel Women’s Initiative invites you to join us online for a Women’s Day of Action to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on May 26, 2011.
The day of action will target governments encouraging them to give this topic the attention it deserves — ensuring an end to impunity and supporting survivors in their efforts to heal and rebuild their lives and communities

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Spent

Many of our patients are judged on the choices they make. Living in poverty makes them even more susceptible to judgment, particularly by those who don’t live in poverty. In this day and age of calls for cutting Planned Parenthood funding and other programs that benefit so many of the folks for whom we provide care, here is a fantastic use of time:

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Sexual Assault

Reporting on Rape

…I’m just saying, I might want to make out with this guy a little bit.

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Sexual Assault

Transgendered Sexual Violence

SAFEta Source will be presenting a webinar on transgendered sexual violence on Thursday, June 30th at 2pm ET. The National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations of Adults and Adolescents encourages a victim centered approach to caring for patients who have experienced sexual violence.  Transgendered persons offer unique challenges in assuring victim centered care.

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LGBT Bullying

A small teaser for this month’s Articles of Note: The Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University is “the only community research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to decrease major health and related risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, such as suicide, substance abuse, HIV and homelessness – in the context of their families.” They have a new study, published this month in the Journal of School Health, that looks at the long-term healthcare implications of bullying in the LGBT community. We have so little data on the impact of bullying over time, this provides a fantastic look at what it means for the physical, mental and sexual health of these patients.

Stay tuned for the full Articles of Note later in the week.

 

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Sexual Assault

Impact of Trauma on Women and Girls: Women in the Military

The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health has been hosting a webinar series I have just discovered: the Impact of Trauma on Women and Girls Across the Lifespan. The latest offering in the series will be held May 26th at 2pm ET, Women in the Military: Active Duty and Veterans.

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Our newest winner…

Congratulations, Dee Ballard! You are the winner of STM Learning’s Medical Response to Child Sexual Abuse: A Resource for Professionals Working with Children and Families. Please contact me to make arrangements for your book. And thanks to everyone who answered this month’s question and entered the giveaway.

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Risk Assessment: Battered Women v. Professionals

Don’t forget we have a new giveaway going on here at FHO. Just answer the question to be in the running for a copy of Medical Response to Child Sexual Abuse. Don’t wait–you only have until Friday, May 6th at noon ET to enter.

I spend a lot of time talking with both healthcare and prosecution about assessing for risk and dangerousness. So this upcoming webinar from BWJP has certainly piqued my interest. Risk Assessment: Battered Women v. Professionals–Who’s the Wiser? will be held May 18th from 3-4:30 pm ET. Registration ends the day before, so plan accordingly.

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DV/IPV

A Survivor’s Journey

Don’t forget we have a new giveaway going on here at FHO. Just answer the question to be in the running for a copy of Medical Response to Child Sexual Abuse.

Please join Futures Without Violence for a free webinar May 10th at 1pm ET, A Survivor’s Journey: Understanding the Health Impact of Abuse and Paths to Promote Wellness.

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Sexual Assault

Rape in America

Don’t forget we have a new giveaway going on here at FHO. Just answer the question to be in the running for a copy of Medical Response to Child Sexual Abuse.

My friends over at the Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force turned me on to an interesting post over at the Ms blog: Rape in America. It’s a tie-in with their current campaign to get the FBI and DOJ to change the definition of rape, as reported in the Uniform Crime Report, so it is more reflective of what rape looks like in the US (e.g., not just sexual violence with force).

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Gang-Related Violence Against Women and Girls

Don’t forget we have a new giveaway going on here at FHO. Just answer the question to be in the running for a copy of Medical Response to Child Sexual Abuse.

AEquitas is offering a couple webinars this month. The one that is probably of widest interest is the webinar being held May 27th from 2-03:30 pm ET: Gang-Related Violence Against Women and Girls. From the site: