BWJP, NRCDV and NNEDV are co-hosting two more webinars in their series, Military Experience, Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence. The 1st is January 12th from 2-3:30: Challenges Faced by Female Veterans. The speakers will be Anu Bhagwati, Executive Director, and Rachel Natelson, Legal Adviser, Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN). You can register for it here.
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Interesting Campaigns
This week, several new sexual violence-related campaigns have come across my desk–actually, across my Facebook page, which is far better organized than my desk. I thought I’d take a minute to share them, as they are all very different, but very thought-provoking. The first comes from our friends at EVAW, who have launched their Start By Believing campaign (PDF of the press release here; Facebook page here). “Start by Believing is a public awareness campaign uniquely focused on the public response to sexual assault. Because a friend or family member is typically the first person a victim confides in after an assault, each individual‘s personal reaction is the first step in a long path toward justice and healing. Knowing how to respond is critical—a negative response can worsen the trauma and foster an environment where sexual assault predators face zero consequences for their crimes.”
Did you miss out on some sessions this year in Pittsburgh? Did you miss out on Pittsburgh altogether? Well, you can get the audio recordings of some of the sessions over at the IAFN Online CE site. If you attended, they’re free for you to access (although it was hard to tell from the site if there is an additional fee for the actual CEUs–definitely check); those of you who didn’t, but still want to access them can pay for the full bundle and listen at your leisure.
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Medscape Odds and Ends
Over at Medscape, there are a few things of interest I thought I’d share. The 1st is from their roundup of the most read nursing articles of 2010. Not surprisingly, the 2nd most read article of the year was this one on nurses and bullying. Not really a big shock, since it continues to be a pervasive issue in the profession.
OVC is sponsoring a web forum December 16th at 2pm ET: Serving Crime Victims with Mental Illness. The offering is a question and answer session in real time, although it is archived for viewing as able. I have to admit it’s not my favorite way to convey information, but it’s a good topic and the forum is easy to visit as your schedule allows. You can submit questions to the forum’s speakers here.
WCSAP is hosting a webinar December 16th from 11-12:15 pm PT, Transgender Youth Services: Understanding, Serving, Celebrating. The session will be led by Michael Munson and Loree Cook-Daniels of FORGE. The session is free; register for it here.
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VetoViolence
If you’re a Facebook user, definitely check out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new site, VetoViolence. It’s billed as the CDC’s online prevention portal, and I’m looking forward to seeing how it’s used. It’s brand new, so there’s not a lot there yet.
And stay tuned tomorrow for this month’s Articles of Note…
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the late November/December/January issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s worth a.) paying for; b.) a pilgrimage to your nearest medical library; or c.) downloading via the full-text access you possibly have at your disposal.
I have included both an embedded list of this month’s articles AND the usual Scribd list (for those of you who want a print out). Sorry for the length of the posting, but this should hopefully meet everyone’s needs.
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Human Trafficking Resources
For the next couple weeks, with so few online offers taking place live, I will be highlighting resources that might be helpful to forensic clinicians and allied professionals. Let’s start with one of my regularly visited sources for information, VAWNet. They have a number of special collections available, but the one I want to highlight today is their collection on human trafficking.We’ve been talking a lot about trafficking in my world as of late, and this is a really good single stop for a wide variety of trafficking information, up to date and beautifully-linked.
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Competing Meanings of Childhood
Stop It Now is hosting a webinar December 7th from 9am, Competing Meanings of Childhood: Implications for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention. From the site: “As a child and family serving professional, have you ever thought about how assumptions about childhood impact your work or that of your agency or even policies that relate to your work? In this presentation Dr. Dominic Pasura of the Centre for Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield, UK, explores different meanings of children and childhood internationally and their significance in the prevention of child sexual abuse.”
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10 Things: Gifts for Your Team
Happy Hanukkah to those of you celebrating. I’ll be attending the National Menorah Lighting here in DC tonight, and in the spirit of gift-giving holidays everywhere, I have compiled 10 gifts perfect for giving to members of your team. Even better, all of them benefit organizations and/or causes near and dear to our hearts here at FHO.
The Family Violence Prevention Fund is offering a 2nd webinar on healthcare leadership, Building Health Care Leadership: A Systems Advocacy Approach to Addressing Domestic Violence in the Health Care System. The 1st was offered in July; however, this will not just be a replaying of the original, but an interactive original session. The session will be held December 3rd from 11-12:30 pm PT. You can register here.
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World AIDS Day
December 1st is World AIDS Day. Different countries are marking the day with a variety of events:
US: http://www.worldaidsday.org/
UK: http://www.worldaidsday.org/
Australia: http://www.worldaidsday.org.au/
World AIDS Campaign: http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/en/World-AIDS-Day
For global information about the link between violence against women and HIV, here are a few good reads to get you going:
Violence Against Women and HIV (UNAIDS)
Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS (WHO)
Gender and HIV/AIDS Portal (UNIFEM)
(Add: I just stumbled across this lovely photoessay, A Day with HIV in America, presented by the nice folks over at Positively Aware.)
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Medscape Roundup
Medscape has a few new articles of interest I thought I’d post. They’re always good for recent research recaps, and as always, they’re free to access. You just need to register over at the site, if you haven’t done so already.
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Gratitude
This year has been (without exaggeration), the most painful and difficult, and also the most amazing year of my life. As the holidays approach, I can only spend a little time reflecting on just how far I have traveled this year (figuratively, and, 85K air miles later, also literally). I am enormously grateful for my people, more so today than ever before. And I find myself really sorting through what matters–to me, to my family, to my tribe.
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Batterer Intervention Programs
I frequently get asked to comment on the efficacy of batterer intervention programs when I teach on the subject of domestic violence. The truth is, this is pretty far outside my scope of practice, so I can’t offer much on the topic, except to refer people to some of my colleagues who do the work. Now, however, there’s a new report that speaks to the issue, for those of you who are interested.
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Archived DNA Webinars
We’ve been talking a lot about DNA here at work over the past several days, so I thought I would repost some previously delivered (now archived) webinars on a variety of DNA-related topics over at NCVC.
BJA has a Grant Writing and Management Academy available free, online for anyone interested in applying for (or already receiving) federal grants. It provides pretty fantastic training for prospective and seasoned writers alike, and includes topics like problem validation and data gathering, management strategies, and resource development. Given my penchant for all things sustainability, I’m thrilled to see the issue addressed explicitly. All of it is presented in 5 modules, most of which will have applicability beyond federal grants, so even if you’re not applying for Justice funds, you may still want to check it out.
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the October/November/December issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s worth a.) paying for; b.) a pilgrimage to your nearest medical library; or c.) downloading via the full-text access you possibly have at your disposal. For those of you wanting the word doc, drop me a note.
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Sexual Assault Kit Evidence
NIJ has issued a solicitation, Strategic Approaches to Sexual Assault Kit Evidence: An Action Research Projects, to identify solutions to the nationwide problem of untested evidence in sexual assault cases. A webinar will be offered in conjunction with the solicitation, November 17th at 2pm ET. Participants will “learn more about the solicitation, including the “action-research” model through which NIJ hopes to develop innovative practices that other jurisdictions can use. Ample time will be allocated for audience questions.” You can register for the session here.