Dec

1

Clinical Guide: HIV/AIDS and Violence

December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment

December 1st is World AIDS Day. In honor of the day, aside from my trusty red ribbon, I have also created a new clinical guide to provide readers with some resources on HIV/AIDS and violence. As with all guides, this does not claim to be comprehensive; just a good starting place with some of the [...]

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Oct

3

Understanding Sexual Coercion

October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Vera Institute has a podcast on understanding sexual coercion that’s brief (under 7 minutes), and worth a viewing. I’m particularly interested in the discussion of how we define sexual assault, particularly as it pertains to the legal framework so often used. I think it’s analogous to how we ascribe meaning to the medical-forensic exam, with the legal [...]

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Aug

10

Just Rural Podcast Series

August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Yet another item that got buried in the queue of things waiting to get posted: NSVRC has a podcast series available that’s a great resource for those of you working in rural areas. The Just Rural Podcast Series includes 4 interviews with members of different disciplines; transcripts from each of the podcasts are also available.

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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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Apr

12

Reproductive Coercion

April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment

PreventConnect‘s latest newsletter features a podcast with researcher Dr. Elizabeth Miller focusing on reproductive coercion and the implications for primary prevention of teen dating violence and sexual violence. You can listen to the 16 minute piece here.

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Jan

17

New Directions in the Delivery of Continuing Education

January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment

ReachMD has a podcast on new directions in the delivery of CME content that might be pretty interesting for those of you who plan conferences and other educational offerings. Especially if you’re trying to do it on a tight (or non-existent) budget. For the nurses and other professionals reading, don’t let all the doctor-speak scare [...]

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Jan

13

Forensic Aspects of Elder Abuse

January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Last summer NIJ hosted a panel at their conference on the forensic aspects of elder abuse. Several clinicians, including past IAFN president, Susan Chasson, participated in the panel. They were nice enough to turn it into a podcast, which you can listen to here.

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Jan

4

New CDC STD Treatment Guidelines

January 4, 2011 | 1 Comment

Have you heard? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new Sexually Transmitted Disease Treatment Guidelines for 2010. You can find the full document here (PDF). They published it the week before Christmas, but there is a webinar on the new guidelines coming up January 13th.

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Aug

9

Child Protection: Abuse Detection, Genital Mutilation & More

August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment

I’m back from Seoul (14 hours in coach–ugh), and although it was a truly amazing week, I’m glad to be back in the office this week, if only for a minute. There’s much to post on, starting with a couple interesting podcasts from ReachMD. They appear to be doing a series on child health issues, [...]

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Jul

16

Weekly Wrap-Up & New Report on Anti-LGBTQ Hate Violence

July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment

I’m back in the CLE for about a minute, before I head on to DC and then Portland (OR) for the week. Before I go, a couple things worth mentioning. First up is the newly released report on anti-LGBTQ hate violence, published by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (PDF). Click here for the short-attention [...]

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