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VAWnet has a new applied research paper available– Addressing Domestic Violence in Immigrant Communities: Critical Issues for Culturally Competent Services.
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When I ran out to grab some lunch today my radio was set to NPR. And the topic featured on Talk of the Nation? The Hidden Faces of Modern-Day Slavery. While I confess I wasn’t in love with the interviewer’s questions as a whole, the guests were pretty fascinating.
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One of the best things I watched this weekend–Chimamanda Adichie talking about the danger of a single story:
(Hat tip to Sally for introducing me to this fantastic clip.)
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The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center is hosting a webinar, Evidence-Based Practices and Working With Children Exposed to Violence. The session will be held March 14th from 1-2:30 MDT.
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Usually this site highlights online events, since it wold be difficult to publicize every local event for our more than 500 subscribers from all over the world, not to mention other readers who find their way to FHO everyday. That being said, our good friend in Canada (and source of all things Canada here on the site) Sheila Early, sent me this link to a powerful performance by the Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada called Ghosts of Violence. I thought it would be worth putting on our main page for all of you arts lovers who may want to pry yourselves away from your computer screens for a tick.
I love that I get to work with the amazing folks at NSVRC. Pieces like this (PDF) make me feel even more warm and fuzzy about the whole Harrisburg crew. Thanks, Karen for a thoughtful and well-articulated reply to Christina Hoff Sommers editorial last month in the Washington Post. For more on the NISVS mentioned in the editorial, see posts here and here.
The US Department of Health and Human Services and Futures Without Violence are hosting a webinar on teen dating violence and reproductive coercion. The session will be held February 27th from 2-3:30 pm ET. You can register for the session here. Sadly, I don’t have any more info on the session than this.
This month’s edition has my inner nerd all aquiver–so much good stuff in the research (particularly if you take care of sexual assault patients). What can I tell you–get on over to your medical library, or fire up your online access and start reading. It’s *that* good this month (and also, I like seeing my friends’ names in print, and there’s some of that, too). As always, this isn’t meant to be a comprehensive overview of what’s out there; just the stuff that caught my eye from the late January, February and early March journals and previews.
I just discovered that PBS is showing The Interrupters in its entirety on their website. It premiered last night on tv; you can check the website to see when it will air again in your area. If you aren’t familiar with the film, it specifically looks at the work of CeaseFire, an organization dedicated to preventing gun violence. I’ve heard amazing things about the film–seeing as I don’t have plans, it may be what’s happening at my house tonight…
Friday, February 24th, you can catch a special edition of America’s Most Wanted that will focus on the global problem of sex trafficking. The episode will air from 9-11pm ET on Lifetime Television (read more about the show here). From the little info I’ve seen, it looks like they may be teaming with the Polaris Project on this one…if anyone has more information on the episode, feel free to leave it in the comments section.
Ladies and gentleman, I give you Fox News’ Liz Trotta (but if you want a brain cleanse, check out John Stewart’s take on her comments after you watch it):
February is Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Month. For those of you looking for an introduction to the issue, Break the Cycle is hosting a webinar on February 23rd, at 1pm ET: Empowering Youth to End Domestic Violence.
PreventConnect has a fantastic webinar coming up that I would strongly recommend: Links Between Bullying and Sexual Violence. The webinar will be offered twice, once on February 27th, and again March 2nd. Both sessions begin at 11am PST. The session will be centered around the recently published article, Bullying Perpetration and Subsequent Sexual Violence Perpetration Among Middle School Students (Journal of Adolescent Health).
Jennifer Long, Director of AEquitas, and I will be guest hosts for the next OVC web forum. Our session, Assisting Older Victims of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, will be on February 15th at 2pm ET. However, as with all of the web forums, you can (and I would encourage you to) submit your questions in advance.
ACOG has released their Committee Opinion on Intimate Partner Violence (abstract only), and Medscape has an overview with accompanying CME (editorial note: Come on, Medscape, no nursing CEUs for this one?). The American Academy of Neurology has also released a position statement this month, although on the broader topic of abuse and violence. You can read the full text here.
Hat tip to Kim Day, who posted this over at IAFN Community site: from our Canadian colleagues comes this fascinating editorial piece on letting victims define justice (PDF). I’d love to hear people’s thoughts…
NCVC’s Stalking Resource Center is offering a new online course: The Use of Technology to Stalk. It’s free to register and self-paced. You can also request their Use of Technology DVD and Discussion Guide if you’re hoping to do some in-person training with your team.
The Institute of Medicine has a 2011 publication that I thought was fascinating– Patient-Clinician Communication: Basic Principles and Expectations (PDF). I love the rationale for specifically looking at this issue:
“Consistent and effective communication between patient and clinician has been associated in studies not only with improved patient satisfaction and safety, but also ultimately with better health outcomes, and often with lower costs. Breakdowns of communication, or disregard for patient understanding, context, and preferences, have been cited as contributors to health care disparities and other counterproductive variations in health care utilization rates. Moreover, professional ethics in health care stress the intrinsic importance of respectful and effective communication as a core aspect of informed consent and a trusting relationship.” (p. 1, emphasis mine)
The CDC has a free, online violence prevention course available at their VetoViolence site: Principles of Prevention. It includes 1.7 hours of continuing educations for nurses; 1.75 for physicians.