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Sexual Assault Testimony

Full-Text Friday: The “It Could Never Happen” Edition

We’ve been talking this week about testimony and about research, so let’s end the week with the interface of the two. Our selection for this week’s Full-Text Friday is an oldy, and perhaps not really that much of a goody. The reason I include it then? Because it exists in the peer-reviewed literature, and as such, means that it cannot be ignored, even if it’s not particularly great science, and even if the results don’t appear to have been reproduced anywhere else. Click through for all of the details.

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DV/IPV Sexual Assault

NISVS 2010 Report on Intimate Partner Violence

Just released is the CDC’s report Intimate Partner Violence in the United States 2010. You can read the full report, along with an executive summary and FAQs here. It’s by far a more in-depth look at the issue than what we’ve seen published by DOJ, and includes implications for prevention, as well as a look at the intersections of IPV, sexual violence and stalking. Healthcare providers, pay close attention to Chapter 7: Services and Disclosure Related to Intimate Partner Violence Victimization. Excellent information there for funding proposals and arguments for service expansion.

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Testimony

10 Things: Observations from Court

I spent a lot of time in trial in 2013. Probably more than any other year, in fact. In doing so, there are some issues I have noticed that come up repeatedly. I figured I’d share some of those today, particularly because it’s one of those things I’m asked to discuss pretty frequently when talking with medical folks about testimony. So for your reading pleasure, a new 10 Things list: Observations from Court:

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Articles of Note Child Abuse DV/IPV Sexual Assault

Articles of Note, February 2014 Edition

Time once again for Articles of Note, a look at some of the newest literature published in the peer-reviewed journals with the last 30(ish) days. There’s a lot to look at this month, although most of it requires a subscription or library access, sadly. It’s a pretty diverse lot this month, so you’ll want to wade through the list and see what catches your eye.

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DV/IPV Sexual Assault Testimony

Since Last We Spoke 2/24/14

It was a pretty glorious weekend in DC, so much of my time was spent outside and unplugged. But my Twitter feed was exploding once I finally logged back on–here’s what’s caught my eye since last we spoke:

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Sexual Assault

Full-Text Friday: Unfounding Sexual Assault

This week’s article focuses on the critical issue of false reports and unfounded cases of sexual assaults. Work with sexual assault patients for any period of time and you’re bound to hear wildly over-reaching statistics about the rate of false reports, which the science continues to show is untrue. I encourage you to share this week’s selection with your multidisciplinary response teams–it’s a great article for a wider discussion. Click through for all of the details.

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DV/IPV Sexual Assault

Teen Dating Survey Webinar

The Federal Workgroup on Teen Dating Violence has a webinar coming up next week on the results of the National Survey on Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence. The session will be held February 24th at 1pm ET. You can register here.

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Child Abuse DV/IPV Sexual Assault Testimony

Intimate Partner Violence Clinical Guide

I have been working on a project for many months now. As a part of that project I have put together a fairly large electronic library on IPV. I have taken that library, indexed it and modified it for FHO readers, because that’s the sort of thing people ask for. So if you click through you’ll find the newest Clinical Guide: Intimate Partner Violence. Not everything in this clinical guide is brand new, but I have tried to balance some of the old, but relevant, with some of the newer resources and science available. While this is the most extensive Clinical Guide to date, I make no claim that it is exhaustive–for instance, the project (on which the guide was based) focused on a specific patient population, so other populations and circumstances are most certainly under-represented here. Reader input and suggestions for additions to the guide are both wanted and appreciated. Keep in mind that there is plenty that would interest the non-clinician in this guide, but it was absolutely compiled with the practice of the forensic healthcare provider in mind.

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Testimony

Updated: Court Testimony Clinical Guide

There isn’t a more popular subject on this site than testimony, which is convenient in that it’s my favorite topic to discuss (well, one of them). So I have spent the morning updating the Court Testimony Clinical Guide. And in the coming weeks I am hoping to be able to share some pretty extensive reference guides, so stay tuned.

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Elder Abuse/Neglect

Full-Text Friday: What Is “Elder Abuse”? Voices From the Margin

So I received an email from one of my many Canadian readers asking for a little Canada love in choosing the next full-text offering. She said it’s helpful for Canadian readers to be exposed to the breadth of quality research being done in their country, and I am totally on board with that. However, don’t go away US (and other country) readers–this research has plenty of relevance outside of Canada. We’ll be focusing on elder abuse for today’s article–click through to get all the details.

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Sexual Assault

Minor Sex Trafficking of Runaway & Homeless Youth

The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence is hosting a webinar February 26th: Minor Sex Trafficking of Runaway and Homeless Youth. The session will be held from 3-4:30pm ET. You can register here.

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Sexual Assault

The Pregnant Sexual Assault Patient

One of my favorite people, Elise Turner, will be presenting this month’s session for the Tribal Forensic Healthcare project: The Pregnant Sexual Assault Patient. The webinar will be held February 25th from 3-4:30pm ET. CEUs and CMEs are available. More details after the jump:

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DV/IPV Sexual Assault

Chronic Health Conditions and Domestic Violence

If you are trying to garner support from your agencies for expansion to include domestic violence patients, or maybe you’re just trying to educate community members about why domestic violence is a healthcare issue, here’s an excellent [brief] video from Verizon that can be included in your presentation.

{h/t Brigid McCaw}

This video is related to the survey that was published back in November by Verizon and More Magazine; read about it here.

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Child Abuse DV/IPV Sexual Assault

Since Last We Spoke 2/10/14

Sorry I missed you all on Friday–I stole away for a weekend with my kiddo. I don’t need to tell you how special that kind of time is. So not much work happened this weekend. But lots of reading did–airport delays and all that leave plenty of time for scanning my Twitter feed. I thought about calling this the sexually assaulted by powerful men edition, but while my list is definitely dominated by that topic, it’s not the entirety of it. So here’s what I’ve been reading since last we spoke.

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DV/IPV

Worthwhile Read: Addressing the Health Needs of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors

The Family Justice Center Alliance has just released their new report, Addressing the Health Needs of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors. I’ve just started working my way through it. There’s important information here–I recommend setting some time aside to take a look.

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Preventing Youth Violence

The CDC is offering an online public health grand rounds on February 18th: Preventing Youth Violence. The session will take place from 1-2pm ET. Email questions will be accepted before or during the broadcast.

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Child Abuse

Child Abuse at the Extreme: Torture

The Tribal Forensic Healthcare project’s pediatrics webinar for February is Child Abuse at the Extreme: Torture. Dr. Barbara Knox will be the featured speaker. It will be held February 11th from 3-4:30 ET. As with all sessions offered by this project, CEUs and CMEs are available, free of charge. Sessions are available in the archive if live attendance doesn’t work for your schedule.

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DV/IPV Sexual Assault

Since Last We Spoke: #TDVAM2014

Here’s the thing–I am immersed in the last throws of curriculum writing and have been for weeks, so pretty much everything I read this past weekend was related to domestic violence. So nothing from popular media to report back to you today. However, February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and our friends at VAWnet have an updated special collection for you to check out. Plus, after the jump, a small selection from the science (I made it just for you):