Time once again for this month’s Articles of Note, a look at what’s new in the peer-reviewed literature. Naturally this isn’t a comprehensive overview, but simply the research that has caught my eye recently. What follows is a list of articles with links; contact me if you’d like the information in a word doc.
Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2013 Oct-Dec;35(4):314-27. doi: 10.1097/TME.0b013e3182aa05d3.
Strangulation forensic examination: best practice for health care providers.
Faugno D, Waszak D, Strack GB, Brooks MA, Gwinn CG.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Nov;103(11):2098-105. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409. Epub 2013 Sep 12.
The relationship between gun ownership and firearm homicide rates in the United States, 1981-2010.
Siegel M, Ross CS, King C 3rd.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2013 Nov-Dec;57(3):243-9. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.06.009. Epub 2013 Jul 20.
Cohen M.
Brain Inj. 2013 Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Paediatric patients with abusive head trauma treated in US Emergency Departments, 2006-2009.
Xiang J, Shi J, Wheeler KK, Yeates KO, Taylor HG, Smith GA.
Child Abuse Negl. 2013 Oct;37(10):771-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.04.011.
Association of perpetrator relationship to abusive head trauma clinical outcomes.
Scribano PV, Makoroff KL, Feldman KW, Berger RP.
Child Abuse Negl. 2013 Oct 1. pii: S0145-2134(13)00245-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.08.014. [Epub ahead of print]
Child maltreatment deaths in the U.S. National Child Death Review Case Reporting System.
Palusci VJ, Covington TM.
CMAJ. 2013 Nov 5;185(16):E743-4. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-4609.
New WHO guidelines on intimate-partner violence.
Eggertson L.
Contemp Nurse. 2013 Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print]
Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Health and Wellbeing: Impacts, risk factors and responses.
Wong J, Mellor D.
Fam Pract. 2013 Oct 16. [Epub ahead of print]
Support by trained mentor mothers for abused women: a promising intervention in primary care.
Prosman GJ, Lo Fo Wong SH, Lagro-Janssen AL.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2013 Dec;9(4):534-42. doi: 10.1007/s12024-013-9476-9.
Tattoos: forensic considerations.
Byard RW.
Inj Prev. 2013 Oct 28. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040924. [Epub ahead of print]
Berger RP, Parks S, Fromkin J, Rubin P, Pecora PJ.
JAMA Ophthalmol. 2013 Sep 26. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.5073. [Epub ahead of print]
Shaken Adult Syndrome: Report of 2 Cases.
Azari AA, Kanavi MR, Saipe NB, Potter HD, Albert DM, Stier MA.
J Child Sex Abus. 2013 Oct;22(7):777-95. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2013.830665.
The seven pillars of quality care in a statewide pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner program.
Meunier-Sham J, Cross TP, Zuniga L.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2013 Oct 5. pii: S1055-3290(13)00125-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2013.07.001. [Epub ahead of print]
Draughon JE, Anderson JC, Hansen BR, Sheridan DJ.
J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2013 Nov-Dec;28(6):E1-8. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e318279e372.
Abuse as a gendered risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a conceptual model.
Scott-Storey KA.
J Community Health. 2013 Oct;38(5):856-63. doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9690-0.
Ramachandran DV, Covarrubias L, Watson C, Decker MR.
J Community Health. 2013 Oct 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Wilson JB, Rappleyea DL, Hodgson JL, Hall TL, White MB.
J Fam Psychol. 2013 Oct;27(5):754-61. doi: 10.1037/a0034283. Epub 2013 Sep 9.
Rabenhorst MM, McCarthy RJ, Thomsen CJ, Milner JS, Travis WJ, Foster RE, Copeland CW.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2013 Oct;20(7):884-901. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.06.025.
Lincoln C, Perera R, Jacobs I, Ward A. (ED: Read this one carefully, folks—this is an excellent example of why it’s critical to not stop with the abstract)
J Interpers Violence. 2013 Nov;28(16):3186-204. doi: 10.1177/0886260513496904.
Measuring abusive behaviors: is economic abuse a unique form of abuse?
Stylianou AM, Postmus JL, McMahon S.
J Interpers Violence. 2013 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print]
Murphy SB, Edwards KM, Bennett S, Bibeau SJ, Sichelstiel J.
J Interpers Violence. 2013 Dec;28(18):3400-17. doi: 10.1177/0886260513504496.
Shaw J, Campbell R.
J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Oct;48(10):2106-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.05.009.
Base deficit correlates with mortality in pediatric abusive head trauma.
Stewart CL, Holscher CM, Moore EE, Bronsert M, Moulton SL, Partrick DA, Bensard DD.
J Public Health Policy. 2013 Nov;34(4):549-59. doi: 10.1057/jphp.2013.29.
The need to include animal protection in public health policies.
Akhtar A.
J Urban Health. 2013 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Macias Konstantopoulos W, Ahn R, Alpert EJ, Cafferty E, McGahan A, Williams TP, Castor JP, Wolferstan N, Purcell G, Burke TF.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Nov;22(11):947-52. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2012.4222. Epub 2013 Jun 29.
Association between intimate partner violence and preventive screening among women.
Brown MJ, Weitzen S, Lapane KL.
Matern Child Health J. 2013 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Cha S, Masho SW.
N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 31;369(18):1673-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1307643.
Silent victims–an epidemic of childhood exposure to domestic violence.
Bair-Merritt M, Zuckerman B, Augustyn M, Cronholm PF.
Nurse Pract. 2013 Oct 10;38(10):8-11. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000434229.32241.e1.
Stepping up to be an expert witness.
Phillips E, Stark SW.
Pediatr Ann. 2013 Nov 1;42(11):236-43. doi: 10.3928/00904481-20131022-11.
Skeletal trauma in child abuse.
Swoboda SL, Feldman KW.
Pediatrics. 2013 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Child Exposure to Parental Violence and Psychological Distress Associated With Delayed Milestones.
Gilbert AL, Bauer NS, Carroll AE, Downs SM.
Pediatrics. 2013 Oct;132(4):668-76. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-0168.
Infant abusive head trauma in a military cohort.
Gumbs GR, Keenan HT, Sevick CJ, Conlin AM, Lloyd DW, Runyan DK, Ryan MA, Smith TC.