May
22
Articles of Note: May 2013
May 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly review of what’s new and noteworthy in the peer-reviewed literature. This is a particularly good list–there’s just so much that’s interesting in the journals right now. As always, email me if you want the word doc. Otherwise the embedded doc should have working hyperlinks (thank you [...]
May
21
Big “C” Conversations
May 21, 2013 | 2 Comments
When I was in Kansas City last week one of my sessions was geared toward emerging issues in forensic healthcare. I was asked to speak on the topic, and while I understand that the request was geared more towards a “specific populations and circumstances” kind of talk, I decided to take it in a slightly [...]
May
16
Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Considerations, Suggestions and Resources
May 16, 2013 | Leave a Comment
The Fenway Institute’s National LGBT Health Education Center is offering a webinar May 22nd at 2pm ET, Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Considerations, Suggestions and Resources. Information after the jump:
May
14
Violence, Crime, and Abuse Exposure in a National Sample of Children and Youth
May 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment
JAMA Pediatrics has the new article by David Finkelhor and colleagues available online in advance of the print version: Violence, Crime and Abuse Exposure in a National Sample of Children and Youth. If you aren’t a subscriber, you can read a synopsis of the research over at MedPage Today for free. Allegedly there are CMEs [...]
May
13
Disability and Transgender Survivors
May 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment
No articles to recount this week–I spent Mother’s Day thoroughly engaged with my family to the exclusion of all things media-related. So a quick post about an upcoming webinar on a topic not widely covered: FORGE is offering a session, Disability and Transgender Survivors: Empowering Providers Who Work with Multiply Marginalized Populations. It will be [...]
May
9
Elder Abuse: Domestic Violence in Later Life
May 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Apologies for my absence, but I have been decidedly disconnected these last couple days while at JFTB Los Alamitos. I will try and make it up to you next week, but I will be here for the bulk of the week, so let’s see how it goes (and if you’ll be in Kansas City for [...]
May
7
Understanding Evidence
May 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Have you seen the CDC’s new Understanding Evidence site? It’s specifically geared toward those of us who work in the area of violence, and really, please go spend some time with it. As a bonus–free nursing CEs upon completion of each module. If you’re not sure how to use the new interactive site PreventConnect has [...]
May
2
Trauma Informed Approach for Youth
May 2, 2013 | 2 Comments
First, what a lovely day I spent with Vermont nurses today. Really interesting conversation (plus the location, which I tweeted, was awesome). Second, between training Army lawyers earlier in the week and training 2 sets of Marine lawyers next week, can I tell you how nice it was to be in a room full of [...]
Apr
26
The Intersection of Suicide Research and Public Health Practice: Suicide and Domestic Violence
April 26, 2013 | 1 Comment
The Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention is hosting a webinar May 8th at 2pm ET–The Intersection of Suicide Research and Public Health Practice: Suicide and Domestic Violence. The session is free. read a full description after the jump:
Apr
18
Trauma Informed Domestic Violence Services
April 18, 2013 | 1 Comment
VAWnet has a new special collection available–Trauma Informed Domestic Violence Services: Understanding the Framework and Approach. The definitions, the research–it’s all there. For those of you thinking about expanding your practices to include DV patients or actually already providing those services (but really, this is one for everybody, because DV patients are coming in for [...]
