Jan
31
The Story of a Suicide
January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The New Yorker’s lastest issue has a fascinating article about the death of Tyler Clementi, a Rutger’s student who committed suicide last year after being outed as gay. The circumstances leading up to his outing, the actions of his roommate and another student, and the criminal justice response are all detailed in the article. It’s [...]
Jan
30
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment
February 6th is WHO’s International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. Find information about the day, and fact sheets about FGM at WHO’s site. (Hat tip: NSVRC)
Jan
30
Making Mistakes
January 30, 2012 | 2 Comments
Somewhere on my list of things I’d like to do some day (and I have a whole section in my notebook for just such a list) is “host a meeting on getting it wrong”. When I was a kid, I used to go with my dad (who’s a doc) to a meeting he attended every year out [...]
Jan
26
Multilingual Emergency Contraception Fact Sheets
January 26, 2012 | 1 Comment
For those of you looking for quality, concise information on emergency contraception (EC), the Reproductive Health Access Project has some new options. Better yet, they are available in several languages. Their patient EC user guide is available in PDF or Word, in English and Spanish. Their EC planning guide is available in English, Spanish, Creole and Portuguese. There’s [...]
Jan
25
Rights and Experiences of LGBTQ Survivors of Domestic Violence
January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The Northwest Network is offering a webinar on February 14th, Engaging the Legal System: Rights and Experiences of LGBTQ Survivors of Domestic Violence. It’ll be held from 12-1:30 pm PT, and you can register here. I’m really looking forward to this one, since we know that patient concerns about the realities of the legal process [...]
Jan
25
Recent Sexual Assault Articles
January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
I’m teaching this week in Houston, so it may end up being a spare week here at FHO (these are some long days, my friends, and sometimes my brain hurts at the end of them). But I wanted to share a few recent articles and op-eds that have been published on the issues of sexual [...]
Jan
23
CDC Injury and Violence Prevention Grand Rounds Webcast
January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment
For those of you not able to make the live presentation of The Science Base for Prevention of Injury and Violence, it is now available as a webcast on the CDC’s site. You can also download a print-friendly PDF of the slides.
Jan
20
Assessing Elder Abuse Risk
January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The Ash Center’s Government Innovator’s Network has a webinar coming up: Building a Risk Assessment Tool for the NH Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services. It will be held January 31st from 2-4pm ET. The session will specifically look at researcher-practitioner partnerships, which is always of interest to me (and I know many of you [...]
Jan
19
Defense Secretary Panetta Addresses Sexual Assault in the Military
January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment
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Jan
18
Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome by Educating Caregivers
January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The National Child Protection Training Center has a webinar coming up on abusive head trauma. Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome by Educating Caregivers is being offered on January 30th, 2pm CT. Space is limited to 100, so if you’re interested, register ASAP.
