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
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
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.
Jan
11
Injury Grand Rounds from the CDC
January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Tuesday, January 17th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering the next in their Grand Rounds series: The Science Base for the Prevention of Injury and Violence. The live webcast will also be archived for 48 hours after the event. And if you’re interested in CEs, you can register for them here.
Dec
13
In the News Today
December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
UPDATED 12/15/11 With the massive amount of media buzz surrounding Jerry Sandusky’s pretrial hearing (or waiving there of, as I have just read), I figured I’d point you toward a couple of recently posted (related) resources at the NSVRC site. The 1st is Answers to Questions About Recent Child Sex Abuse Case, written in conjunction [...]
Dec
5
Articles of Note: December Edition
December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment
With it being a slow time of year for educational offerings, I’m thrilled the research journals hold some amazing treasures. This month feels particularly useful, especially if you’re a pediatrics person. As always, this is not a comprehensive overview of what’s newly out, but it is a good selection of late November and December articles [...]
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 [...]
Nov
28
Making Your Case
November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I almost titled this post, “Everything I need today can be found over at the RWJF site”, but I didn’t feel like it would really grab anyone’s interest. However, I spent a lot of time trawling through their Vulnerable Populations portfolio, and frankly, there are some tools there that could help us make the (stronger) [...]
Nov
21
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment
November 25th begins 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. From the site: Participants chose the dates November 25- International Day Against Violence Against Women-and December 10- International Human Rights Day- in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period [...]
Nov
12
Over It
November 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Thank you, Eve Ensler. I believe you’ve summed it up quite effectively.
