May
24
Going into the Memorial Day Weekend I leave you with this powerful video from TEDMED:
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 [...]
Oct
25
Health Care Providers’ Training Needs Related to Human Trafficking
October 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Long time readers know that FHO often serves as my virtual filing cabinet. It’s one of the reasons I started the site–so I’d have a place to keep (and share) relevant info I run across in my travels. Here’s a resource shared with me today to add to the file folder marked human trafficking: Health [...]
Oct
1
Since Last We Spoke, 10-1-12
October 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment
It’s hard to believe that in less than a week I will be heading to Puerto Rico for the 2012 IAFN Annual Scientific Assembly. I am so excited to see friends and colleagues, and this year’s sessions are going to be pretty fantastic. As always, please come find me and say hello. I will be [...]
Sep
10
Since Last We Spoke, 9-10-12
September 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Good morning, my friends. It’s going to be a busy week, as I head to San Diego tomorrow for the Emergency Nurses Association conference. If you’re going to be there, please come find me–there’s a good chance I’ll be somewhere near the IAFN exhibitor’s booth in between work sessions and actual conference sessions (I have [...]
Aug
17
Human Trafficking/Sexual Exploitation
August 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment
For those of you looking for more information on human trafficking and sexual exploitation, a few items of note: OJJDP is hosting a webinar on August 22nd: Promising Practices in Combating the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls in Gangs. The session will be held from 2-3pm ET. OVC has a web forum (on the same [...]
Jul
11
Can a Stitch in Time Save Nine?
July 11, 2012 | 3 Comments
I’ve featured Ed Gavagan on this site before, but this time, I have a video of his talk about survival, filmed here in DC at the 2012 TEDMED gathering. The last minute is really something.
Feb
15
The Interrupters on PBS
February 15, 2012 | 1 Comment
I just discovered that PBS is showing The Interrupters in its entirety on their website. It premiered last night on tv; you can check the website to see when it will air again in your area. If you aren’t familiar with the film, it specifically looks at the work of CeaseFire, an organization dedicated to [...]
Aug
4
Veto Violence
August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The twittersphere has been awash with Veto Violence posts, so some of you may be familiar with this site already. If you’re not, you should head on over and spend some quality time trolling through the different sections. It’s a source for online violence education tools, but it’s grounded in prevention. Specifically a public health [...]
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, [...]
