Feb

2

Patient-Clinician Communication: Basic Principles and Expectations

February 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

The Institute of Medicine has a 2011 publication that I thought was fascinating– Patient-Clinician Communication: Basic Principles and Expectations (PDF).  I love the rationale for specifically looking at this issue: “Consistent and effective communication between patient and clinician has been associated in studies not only with improved patient satisfaction and safety, but also ultimately with better health outcomes, [...]

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Jan

25

Rights and Experiences of LGBTQ Survivors of Domestic Violence

January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment

The Northwest Network is offering a webinar on February 14th, Engaging the Legal System: Rights and Experiences of LGBTQ Survivors of Domestic Violence. It’ll be held from 12-1:30 pm PT, and you can register here. I’m really looking forward to this one, since we know that patient concerns about the realities of the legal process [...]

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Jan

20

Assessing Elder Abuse Risk

January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment

The Ash Center’s Government Innovator’s Network has a webinar coming up: Building a Risk Assessment Tool for the NH Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services. It will be held January 31st from 2-4pm ET. The session will specifically look at researcher-practitioner partnerships, which is always of interest to me (and I know many of you [...]

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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.

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Jan

6

Revisions to the UCR Definition of Rape

January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment

I just received this notice, but I’ll be on a plane when it’s scheduled (on Monday the 9th). Perhaps some of you would like to attend: Friends: The Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced the adoption of a revised definition of rape in the Uniform Crime Report.

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Dec

29

DoD Sexual Assault Report & New Policies

December 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The US Department of Defense just released a report on sexual assaults in military service academies (PDF), along with information about 2 new sexual assault policies  (transfers for victims and maintenance of records). You can find an overview of the information here.

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Dec

28

Forensic Compliance Update

December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment

SAFEta and EVAW are hosting a joint webinar, Forensic Compliance: Where Do We Stand in 2012? The session will actually be offered twice–February 7th and February 16th, at 2pm ET. Kim Day and Kim Lonsway, from the above organizations, respectively, will be the presenters. Get registered, because you know this one is worth your time. And, of [...]

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Dec

15

National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Results from the CDC’s 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)  have just been released. You can read the Summary Report here (PDF); the briefer (8 page) Executive Summary here (PDF). Some of the bleak stats: **Nearly 1 in 5 women (18.3%) and 1 in 71 men (1.4%) in the United States have been raped [...]

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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 [...]

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Dec

8

Sexual Assault in the Military

December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment

I spent several days this week teaching for the Marine Corps; one day with the prosecutors and one day with defense. So I definitely have been thinking about the issue of sexual assault in the military and their criminal justice response. But it’s more than just training JAGs; it’s also several items that have come [...]

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