May
16
Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Considerations, Suggestions and Resources
May 16, 2013 | Leave a Comment
The Fenway Institute’s National LGBT Health Education Center is offering a webinar May 22nd at 2pm ET, Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Considerations, Suggestions and Resources. Information after the jump:
May
15
Untested Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases
May 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment
The Sexual Assault Report (disclosure: I am on the editorial board) has made public the recent article by Nancy Ritter from the National Institute of Justice, Untested Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases: Using Research to Guide Policy and Practice (PDF).
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 [...]
May
13
Disability and Transgender Survivors
May 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment
No articles to recount this week–I spent Mother’s Day thoroughly engaged with my family to the exclusion of all things media-related. So a quick post about an upcoming webinar on a topic not widely covered: FORGE is offering a session, Disability and Transgender Survivors: Empowering Providers Who Work with Multiply Marginalized Populations. It will be [...]
May
7
Understanding Evidence
May 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Have you seen the CDC’s new Understanding Evidence site? It’s specifically geared toward those of us who work in the area of violence, and really, please go spend some time with it. As a bonus–free nursing CEs upon completion of each module. If you’re not sure how to use the new interactive site PreventConnect has [...]
May
6
Since Last We Spoke (Nurses Day Edition)
May 6, 2013 | Leave a Comment
A quick post to wish everyone a happy Nurses Day (in the US, or International Nurses Day, which is Sunday–you pick). I’m heading out the door to SoCal for a couple different stops with the Marines (1st defense, then prosecution, so should be a lively week), but I managed to get a little reading done [...]
May
2
Trauma Informed Approach for Youth
May 2, 2013 | 2 Comments
First, what a lovely day I spent with Vermont nurses today. Really interesting conversation (plus the location, which I tweeted, was awesome). Second, between training Army lawyers earlier in the week and training 2 sets of Marine lawyers next week, can I tell you how nice it was to be in a room full of [...]
May
1
New Offerings From Medscape
May 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Medscape has some interesting articles from this past week that are worth a look…
Apr
25
National Protocol Updates, Part 2
April 25, 2013 | 1 Comment
Yesterday I posted about the release of the 2nd edition of the National Protocol. Today I wanted to mention a couple important resources. The first is the upcoming webinar on the Protocol changes that will take place May 21st at 2pm ET. Attendance is free, but registration is a must. The other resources worth mentioning [...]
Apr
24
Finally. The 2nd edition of the National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Exams, Adolescent/Adult (PDF) from the the US Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, is now available.
