Category: DV/IPV

Practical Approaches with Patients Exposed to Multiple Types of Violence

Post author By Jen
Post date October 10, 2013

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The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Medical Home for Children and Adolescents Exposed to Violence is hosting a webinar, Practical Approaches with Patients Exposed to Multiple Types of Violence. The session will be held November 5th from 11am-12pm CT. You can see the details after the jump. If this one isn’t relevant to your practice they also have multiple archived webinars on their site, including this one: Beyond the First Exposure: The Physical, Mental, and Emotional Toll of Violence. Good stuff.

Articles of Note: September/October 2013

Post author By Jen
Post date October 4, 2013

Let me just preface this by saying that my beloved PubMed has essentially been furloughed with this shutdown, so it has a sad little message when you visit it right now–“PubMed is open, however it is being maintained with minimal staffing due to the lapse in government funding. Information will be updated to the extent possible, and the agency will attempt to respond to urgent operational inquiries. For updates regarding government operating status see USA.gov.” [insert nerd frownie face here] But we can’t stop with the Articles of Note just because the US has a spectacularly dysfunctional congress, so banish that thought.

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October is #DVAM2013

Post author By Jen
Post date October 2, 2013

It’s that time of year again: in the midst of the US government shutdown, let’s not forget it is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. There are a variety of events going on, and your local programs and coalitions should have listings of events. For some of the national events recognizing #DVAM2013, check out VAWnet’s listing of programs on BlogTalkRadio that sound fantastic. You can also print out this flyer (PDF) for staff and/or colleagues. See also dedicated pages over at NNEDV, Futures Without Violence, and the President’s 2013 Proclamation at whitehouse.gov (that, of course, isn’t currently being updated due to the shutdown).

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Since Last We Spoke, 9/23/13

Post author By Jen
Post date September 23, 2013

A Happy Monday to you all (or Tuesday for my subscribers who get this one day late)–I am finally back from Japan after a longer-than-anticipated trial and am thrilled to be home for the next 5 days. Hopefully some of you will be joining my colleague Jen Sommers and me on Wednesday for our webinar (a very clinically-focused session). And speaking of that webinar: a special congratulations to a member of our IHS project team–Sarah had her baby on Saturday–Noah James. If you’ve seen the photos on Facebook than you can back me on this–she grew herself a good looking baby boy.

I put in some long days in Japan, but had plenty of time to read while jet lagged out of my skull this morning, so here’s what I’ve been checking out since last we spoke:

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Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day

Post author By Jen
Post date September 20, 2013

Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day is October 9th. Check out the Futures Without Violence dedicated page for great info and resources, including posters, sample social media posts, event organizing ideas and more.

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Worthwhile Read(s): Full-Text Research

Post author By Jen
Post date September 18, 2013
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I received a request for some new research that was available free, full-text, so what follows is some of the recent literature, all full-text PDFs. As with Articles of Note entries, this is not an exhaustive list; just a sampling of what’s come across my radar. I’ll try and do this type of post periodically…

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Since Last We Spoke, 9/16/13

Post author By Jen
Post date September 16, 2013

I awoke in Japan this Tuesday morning (way too early) to news from my spouse that all of our friends are okay and accounted for at the Navy Yard, so I am grateful for that blessing, and also angry and horrified at the violence in a place where I have spent a significant amount of time professionally. There are plenty of links to the shooting and there will be much to read in its aftermath, so I am going to forgo that here, and share instead what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:

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New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research

Post author By Jen
Post date September 10, 2013

The Institute of Medicine is releasing their report, New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research this Thursday, September 12th, at 1pm ET–live and via webcast. If you’d like to participate you can register here.

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Measuring the Prevalence of Crime with the National Crime Victimization Survey

Post author By Jen
Post date September 5, 2013

New from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Measuring the Prevalence of Crime with the National Crime Victimization Survey. From the press release:

In 2010, the prevalence rate for violent crime was similar for males (20 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older) and for females (19 per 1,000). However, prevalence rates were higher for persons ages 18 to 24 (20 per 1,000) than for persons ages 25 to 34 (14 per 1,000) and persons 35 or older (seven per 1,000). Other findings from the report include the following:

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Child Trafficking, Girls, and Detention

Post author By Jen
Post date September 5, 2013

Late notice on this one (sorry, that’s 2 for the week), but here’s another webinar for Tuesday, September 10th from 2-3:30pm ET. OJJDP is offering Child Trafficking, Girls and Detention: A Call to Reform. From the announcement:

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Understanding Youth Violence: Integrating Assessment, Prevention and Intervention in the Clinical Setting

Post author By Jen
Post date September 3, 2013

Because so many of our CE posts are for nurses only, here’s a little love for our physician readers (don’t worry, there are nursing CEs available, as well)–Understanding Youth Violence: Integrating Assessment, Prevention and Intervention in the Clinical Setting, offered by the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. The session will be held November 21st from 1-2:30 ET. 1.5 CEs are available.

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Articles of Note: August 2013

Post author By Jen
Post date September 2, 2013

I meant to post this Friday before I knocked off for the day, but somehow never hit the publish button. So here (belatedly) is August’s Articles of Note, a compilation of some of the newest and most relevant research in the August/September/early October journals. Remember, this isn’t an exhaustive list, just some of what has caught my eye.

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Co-occurrence of Sexual and Domestic Violence

Post author By Jen
Post date August 30, 2013

The Tribal Forensic Healthcare project has a couple of great webinars coming up in October (can’t believe I’m announcing October offerings already), including this one on October 17th at 2pm ET: Co-occurrence of Sexual and Domestic Violence. Raquel Kennedy Bergen is the featured speaker and CEs are available for nurses and have been applied for for docs.

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The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study: Implications for Policy, Practice and Prevention

Post author By Jen
Post date August 28, 2013

The National Conferences on Child Abuse and Neglect folks are hosting a webinar September 12th at 2pm ET, The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study: Implications for Policy, Practice and Prevention. Objectives for the session include:

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Since Last We Spoke, 8/19/13

Post author By Jen
Post date August 19, 2013

Last week officially began my Fall travel season. Through the week before Christmas, I will be on the road some portion of every week, save 3 (and one of those is Thanksgiving). So I have front-loaded my iPad with reading material (some of which has nothing to do with work), rotated the batteries in all of my electronic accessories (noise canceling headphones, remote for my laptop, etc.) and [big sigh] put my kiddo on a plane so she can get back to school. And in the midst of it all? Some fantastic projects, including our latest Sustainability course. Naturally much (but not all) of what I’ve been reading since last we spoke is focused on that:

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Since Last We Spoke, 8/12/13

Post author By Jen
Post date August 12, 2013
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One of my favorite military destinations is my annual trip to the Naval Justice School in Newport, RI. Never a bad place to go, but particularly lovely in August. So aside from getting to teach with one of my besties, I get the added benefit of the prime seaside location. Before I get on my plane, though, here’s a bit of what I’ve ben reading since last we spoke:

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Since Last We Spoke, 8-5-13

Post author By Jen
Post date August 5, 2013

This weekend was a work weekend, which isn’t a terrible thing when the work is really good. I spent most of my reading time focused on the business of what we do (for multiple reasons, not the least of which is that our 2nd sustainability course begins next week), but here’s some of the other stuff that I’ve been perusing since last we spoke:

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Articles of Note: July 2013

Post author By Jen
Post date July 29, 2013

Time once again for Articles of Note, in which I share the recently published literature that’s capturing my attention. Please remember this is not an exhaustive overview of what’s newly available, but it should give you a good place to start. There’s some amazing stuff out this month, so I think this list is a particularly rich one. Plus several familiar names among the authors, which is always fun.

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Violence Against Women in the Digital Realm

Post author By Jen
Post date July 24, 2013

The Guardian has a fascinating podcast on a significant emerging issue: violence against women on social media sites and through other forms of digital communication. It’s not something we discuss a whole lot in healthcare, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be. Harassment and bullying online are certainly not foreign to many of our sexual assault and domestic violence patients, so understanding prevalence and impact is an important part of enhancing your clinical capacity in this digital age.

{For US readers, if you’re interested in your state’s laws on cyberstalking and cyberharassment, you can find a state by state breakdown here.}

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Since Last We Spoke, 7-22-13

Post author By Jen
Post date July 22, 2013

Is there a greater luxury than a week at home? For some of us, the answer is a resounding no. So many odds and ends to work through, but that doesn’t stop me from letting my mind (and eyes) wander. Here’s some of what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:

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