This week while working with the Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force, I made mention of my appreciation for clinical prompts and checklists that ensure that we provide a consistent level of care to patients coming through our doors. I read Atul Gawande’s Checklist Manifesto (which I keep on my iPad and revisit regularly), and have found it to resonate quite a bit. It’s a great read, but to give you the general gist, you can check out this podcast over at Harvard Business Review. Personally speaking, I think it’s a must-read for program managers. And, you know, the holidays are coming…
The National Strangulation Training Institute is offering a webinar, The Pandora Effect: Addressing Long-Term Health Consequences of Strangulation. The session will be held November 20th at 10am PST. Dr. Ellen Taliaferro will be the featured speaker. (UPDATE: ARCHIVED MATERIALS AVAILABLE HERE.)
Just Detention International is hosting a webinar, Understanding the Issue: An Overview of Sexual Abuse in Prison. The session will be held November 14th from 11-12:30 PST.
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Since Last We Spoke, 11-5-12
I’m spending the week in Portland, OR teaching and consulting with a fantastic group of folks, a gig I’ve been looking forward to for awhile. Here’s hoping this week will be a drier and warmer one for our friends and colleagues in New York and New Jersey still recovering from Sandy. For a peek at what’s been flowing into my in-box and my Twitter feed since last we spoke:
I’ve had a couple requests this week about research looking at the role of advocacy specifically. In compiling some of the literature, I stumbled across this offering by the Battered Women’s Justice Project, presented by Dr. Cris Sullivan: Is Advocacy Effective? A Review of the Research. The session will be held November 20th at 2pm Central. If you aren’t familiar with Dr. Sullivan’s work, I highly recommend attending this session. For the medical folks, this is a great opportunity to familiarize yourself with the research that supports the importance of advocacy in the health and well-being of our intimate partner violence patients.
A request for distribution from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (some of you have seen these resources before, but it’s worth reposting them):
To assist efforts in disaster-stricken areas, NSVRC collaborated with several organizations in the field to establish The Relief Fund for Sexual Assault Victims www.nsvrc.org/relief-fund.
We are working to increase donations to the fund. Help us by sharing the Relief Fund Flyer in your community.
Not surprisingly, I have had an influx of emails this week from nurses asking about formal opportunities to assist in disasters. Coincidentally, Medscape published this article at the beginning of the month that I had intended to post. As with all Medscape articles you must log-in to read it; membership is free. What’s particularly helpful about this article is the last section: “Training Opportunities for Nurse Volunteers“, but the whole things is a good (and quick) read.
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The Day After
We are very fortunate to have ridden out the storm with relatively little damage. But following along on Twitter last night for real time updates, it was clear many of you did not. And many of you were in the thick of things, in the hospitals and on the streets, responding to the crisis and those in need. Let me tell you, that fact was not missed:
A slightly abbreviated list of things I’ve been reading since last we spoke, as we anticipate worsening weather (with potential power outages) as Sandy hits. Hope everyone in the storm’s path is hunkered down, safe and warm (and dry).
Long time readers know that FHO often serves as my virtual filing cabinet. It’s one of the reasons I started the site–so I’d have a place to keep (and share) relevant info I run across in my travels. Here’s a resource shared with me today to add to the file folder marked human trafficking: Health Care Providers’ Training Needs Related to Human Trafficking: Maximizing the Opportunity to Screen and Intervene (PDF). It was published last year in the Journal of Applied Research on Children. The whole issue is dedicated to human trafficking and is available free, full-text.
Happily, my trip to Japan has been cancelled (I remember a time that would be devastating news–now it is an absolute gift); this means I can catch up on a few things, like an Articles of Note post for instance. What follows are articles that have caught my eye from the late September/ October/ November new publications. All links lead to PubMed abstracts unless otherwise indicated. As always, contact me if you want the full list in a word doc with hyperlinks.
PreventConnect has a webinar coming up, Depictions of Children in Media and Pornography: Implications for Prevention. It will be held November 14th from 2-3:30pm ET. If you’re planning on attending, my recommendation is that you register ASAP, as their offerings usually fill quickly. Click through for info about the session and the presenters (including one of my favorites)…
For those of you providing care for military and veteran populations, this might be of particular interest: the Veterans Health Administration Research and Development section is hosting a webinar, VA Resources for Intimate Partner Violence. The session will be held November 27th from 11-12pm ET. No description of the webinar is currently available, so check back with the site.
It’s a very busy time here at FHO. I am always traveling, but these next 3 weeks will be a beast as I head to Twin Falls, Idaho this week, followed by Misawa AFB in Japan, and then Portland, OR, with less than 24 hours at home between each trip. So until I am back home for good (and when I say for good, I mean a week) on November 10th, please bear with me as I try to figure out what time zone I’m in. If I don’t respond to your emails as quickly as usual, just know that I will get to them. Promise.
Some interesting stuff on my twitter feed and in my in-box lately. A lot of business-y things, but the core ideas have real relevance to the work we do, so I include those along with the other more obviously related stuff. Here’s what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:
I wanted to share this piece from the New England Journal of Medicine, Legislative Interference with the Patient-Physician Relationship. It’s really apropos of how *any* of us interact with our patients, the type of anticipatory guidance we provide, and the slippery slope we are currently on. Available as free full-text, it’s a must read.
(Hat tip, Kim Day)
ADD: [Sigh] Comments like this just really crystalize the point of this editorial…
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Notfound.org
Last night I tweeted an article from one of my favorite business mags about an organization called Notfound.org. They are taking the concept of pictures of missing kids on milk cartons and tweeking it to use space on 404 pages (those pages you occasionally get when you’re looking for content on a web site and it’s not there):
First, let me just say how fantastic it was to meet so many readers this past week in Puerto Rico. I loved the feedback and stories of how you all are using the information from this site. Thanks for making a point of stopping and chatting with me. Second, I would be remiss if I didn’t also tell you that I had a great week (albeit incredibly hectic) getting to see so many friends and colleagues, and how much I missed those of you who couldn’t make it.
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Welcome New Readers!
We’ve had a huge influx of new readers here at FHO this month. For those of you trying to subscribe, please note you must click on the link Feedburner sent you to activate the subscription. Otherwise I can see you on my subscriber list as inactive, but I can’t change it for you. If you didn’t get a link, check your spam filter–the link often ends up there.
Thanks and welcome!
The DNA Resource Center is offering a webinar October 23rd at 1pm ET: Sexual Assault Cold Case Survivors and the Neurobiology of Trauma. It’s being presented by one of my favorite people, Dr. Rebecca Campbell. Register for the session here.
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Absence of Anogenital Injury
I’m pleased to announce that my most recent article, Absence of Anogenital Injury in the Adolescent/Adult Female Sexual Assault Patient (PDF), is now available for download from the AEquitas website. Please feel free to share!