Oct

27

CDC’s Response to Injury

October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The CDC is hosting a webinar Friday, November 4th at 2pm ET, The CDC’s Response to Injury: Update for Partners from the Division of Injury Response. The session will focus on traumatic brain injury, terrorism and disaster response. Register for the session here.

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Oct

5

Sin By Silence

October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment

More documentaries to add to the list. This one in time for DV Awareness Month. Sin By Silence is making its television debut (PDF) October 17th at 8pm ET. It will be shown on the Investigation Discovery channel (find their channel in your area here).

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Aug

3

Odds & Ends Wednesday: Medscape and NPR

August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment

There are several things I wanted to bring to your attention this morning: Medscape has some good stuff this week: **An article from the July 2011 Nursing Economics about violence against nurses and its personal and professional toll; **Gail Horner’s article on evaluating child sexual abuse that is cited in this month’s Articles of Note, [...]

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Jun

27

Healthy People 2020

June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment

In the US, the Department of Health and Human Services provides science-based healthcare objectives for the country in a document called Healthy People. Healthy People 2020 was released at the end of last year, and if you haven’t had a chance to see it (made easier by a pretty decent website), it’s worth looking at. Struggling to [...]

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Jun

7

Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence

June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment

I’m in the CLE this week enjoying some family time, so apologies for light postings this week. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the National Association of County & City Health Officials and the Safe States Alliance are co-sponsoring a webcast, Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence. The session will be held June 28th [...]

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Apr

18

Violence in Black and White

April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today, and the 2011 winner for featured photography is Barbara Davidson from the LA Times. She was awarded the prize for a series she did on the aftermath of gang violence, and the images are really quite moving.

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Mar

1

When the Batterer is Law Enforcement

March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment

JWI’s National Alliance to End Domestic Abuse is hosting a webinar, March 10th at 12pm: When the Batterer is Law Enforcement. Jan Russell from the Cook County Sherrif’s Office (Chicago) will be the featured speaker.

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Jun

11

Friday Wrap-Up and Safe Terminations

June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment

So here’s the craziest thing: I am home all week next week. And I am home now. And I will be home until the 22nd–of course, then we get into some ridiculous summer travel, but that’s another post. So I am enjoying the site of my desk, though I can barely see a square inch [...]

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Apr

15

Intimate Partner Homicides

April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment

JWI‘s National Alliance to End Domestic Violence is hosting a webinar on intimate partner homicides and familicides, Wednesday, April 21st at 12pm ET. It’s $25 to attend (free, though if you’re a member). Featured speakers are Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell and Dr. David Adams.

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Apr

13

Threat Assessment

April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget about our latest $50 Amazon.com giveaway in honor of SAAM. To enter just let us know in the original post’s Comments section how you commemorated any day during SAAM, and one inspiring aspect of the day or the event you attended. You have until May 4th to be eligible. Sorry for another last [...]

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