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Violence Against Women and HIV

July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget: FHO’s latest giveaway is going on now through August 3rd! Get all the details here to enter. AIDS Alliance is hosting a webinar Wednesday, August 3rd from 1-2:30 pm ET: Violence Against Women and HIV.  The webinar appears to be free of charge, but registration is required.

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Jul

28

Expert Chats @NIJ

July 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget: FHO’s latest giveaway is going on now through August 3rd! Get all the details here to enter. Have you seen the Expert Chat series at NIJ? I stumbled upon the archive, and there’s some really great stuff just waiting for you to find it, too. Not everything is clinically relevant, but the stuff that is [...]

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Jul

28

Am I the Only One Who Thinks Like This?

July 28, 2011 | 1 Comment

I love the earnest responses we’ve seen to the temporary tattoo giveaway question, but come on–doesn’t at least one of you want to slap a speculum tattoo on your arm and waltz into your spouse’s dreary company cocktail party just to loosen folks up a bit? Don’t forget: the giveaway is going on now through [...]

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Jul

27

Routine Sexual Assault Screening

July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget: FHO’s latest giveaway is going on now through August 3rd! Get all the details here to enter. Kudos to ACOG for their recommendation to screen patients routinely for sexual assault. You can see the press release here; or read the full recommendation in their journal: Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women, American College of Obstetricians [...]

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Jul

26

Web-Based SAFE Training: UPDATE

July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget: FHO’s latest giveaway is going on now through August 3rd! Get all the details here to enter. For those of you with an interest in participating in IAFN’s free web-based SAFE training and clinical workshop, please note, the application deadline has been extended to September 1st due to a spectacular response. If you missed [...]

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Jul

25

Now available: Forensic tattoos!

July 25, 2011 | 8 Comments

Now available in the newly opened FHO Store, a series of temporary tattoos for the forensic clinician. See the full series after the jump and find out about our latest giveaway.

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Jul

22

Tattoos!

July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment

Come back Monday to find out how you can get your own forensic-leaning temporary tattoos, see the full set (yes, there are more!), and learn how one lucky FHO reader will win the whole set for him/herself. Have a great weekend!

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Jul

21

Clinical Preventive Services for Women

July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Some of you may have been following the release of the Institute of Medicine’s report on clinical preventive services for women. This is a big, big deal for a number of reasons, not the least of which is their recommendation that women have access to birth control without a co-pay. But did you know their [...]

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Jul

20

Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking

July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The other day I posted on the Newsweek article about prostitution and human trafficking, and judging by the unbelievable number of hits, FHO readers have some significant interest in the topic. So I wanted to follow up with a resource on providing healthcare for victims of trafficking.

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19

Intimate Partner Homicide Prevention

July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment

VAWNet has just published a brand new special collection on intimate partner homicide prevention that looks fantastic. It has a lot of the resources we frequently use when teaching on the topic of assessing dangerousness, in particular, that I really appreciate. See the full table of contents (with links) after the jump.

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