Aug
9
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, [...]
Jul
27
Request for Assistance
July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A request from Terry Cintron: In partial fulfillment of the requirement for a Masters of Science in Nursing Administration and Education through Mountain State University I am currently conducting a content analysis. The content analysis will examine questions on sexual assault interview forms which are used throughout the United States. The primary focus of the [...]
Jul
26
This month, the Family Violence Prevention Fund, in collaboration with Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project and Sacred Circle, released a new report, Building Domestic Violence Health Care Responses in Indian Country: A Promising Practices Report. The report “documents dramatic improvements in the health system’s response to domestic violence at Indian, Tribal and Urban [...]
Jul
15
PreventConnect Newsletter
July 15, 2010 | 2 Comments
If you aren’t on the mailing list for CalCASA’s Prevention Connection newsletter, you probably should make that happen. It’s a worthwhile email every time. I was especially enamored with this month’s newlstter because it satisfies the wonkiest parts of me: a podcast with Amanda Hess, whose column, The Sexist you can read at the Washington [...]
Jul
13
Sexual and Domestic Violence in Later Life
July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A couple weeks ago I mentioned that NSVRC had a collection on sexual violence in later life. Now, VAWNet has an expanded collection on sexual and domestic violence in later life that’s worth checking out. Aside from an overview and a look at some of the current research, there are also a variety of training [...]
Jul
7
Articles of Note: July Edition
July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the June/July issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s [...]
Jul
6
Systems Advocacy Approach to Addressing Domestic Violence in Health Care
July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Family Violence Prevention Fund has a webinar scheduled for the end of the month, Building Health Care Leadership: A Systems Advocacy Approach to Addressing Domestic Violence in the Health Care System. It’s scheduled for July 29th, 11-12pm PT. The session is free; register for it here.
Jun
17
STD Prevention Conference
June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The CDC has made available audio recordings from this spring’s National STD Prevention Conference. Seeing as how STDs are ALWAYS popular on this site, I thought I’d post this. There’s some interesting stuff coming down the pike, and by the looks of the lineup at the conference, several issues were covered specifically, including new surveillance [...]
Mar
22
Traumatic Brain Injury & DV
March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
VAWNet released a new collection today on traumatic brain injury and domestic violence. “It provides advocates and other professionals with tools to screen for TBI within the context of domestic violence as well as presentations, articles, and other relevant resources on the topic…The purpose of this collection is to: 1) increase knowledge and understanding of [...]
Feb
25
Dating Matters
February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Don’t forget: you have until Wednesday, March 3rd to enter our newest giveaway. Just leave your response to the question in the Comment section to be eligible. The CDC and Liz Claiborne Inc. have launched Dating Matters: Helping Teens Build Healthy Relationships. This free course focuses on helping educators, youth leaders, and others working with [...]
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