It was a gorgeous weekend here, and the cherry trees were in peak bloom, so I spend a great deal of time away from the computer. When I finally plugged in, it was my Twitter feed that really had my attention. It’s not extensive, but here’s what’s caught my eye since last we spoke:
Time once again for Articles of Note, my monthly stroll through the peer-reviewed literature. I probably say this every month, but there’s a lot of good stuff here, so make sure you follow links to the abstracts, decide for yourself what’s worth spending time on. Click through for both Word doc (with active links) and the printable PDF (good for staff meetings):
I’m super excited about this webinar from SAFEta: who doesn’t love good training evaluation data? Jen Pierce-Weeks and Debra Patterson are presenting Knowing Your Training Is Effective: IAFN’s SAFE Training and Clinical Evaluation Findings. The session will be held April 20th from 2-3:30pm ET. Click through for details:
I hope everyone celebrating holidays over the weekend got their fill of friends, family and food. We certainly did–it was nonstop eating from Friday after work until last night. Thankfully there was a trail run Sunday to break up the feeding frenzy. Pretty quiet around our parts, happily, so while I tried to spend my downtime outside, I managed to catch up on reading last night. Here’s what’s caught my eye since last we spoke:
The American College Health Association has a new toolkit available, Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Toolkit. It’s a solid, healthcare focused primary prevention resource that will be a good reference for anyone who is collaborating with colleges and universities. If your program serves a campus population, this is probably a must-download. Get the full toolkit here (PDF).
April is also National Child Abuse Prevention Month here in the US. There are several good resources available to commemorate the month, chief among them, DHHS’ 2015 Child Abuse Prevention Resource Guide. Looking for some continuing education on child abuse? Check out the archived offerings at a few of the following:
April, as you know, is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (in the US). There are all kinds of things going on–head over to NSVRC’s SAAM page for details. This year’s theme is Preventing Sexual Violence on Campus. Don’t miss NSVRC’s sexual violence prevention tips for clinicians (PDF).
A few other things:
*Niagara Falls will be teal tomorrow night (April 2nd) starting at 10pm(!)
*The President’s proclamation in honor of SAAM
*DoD’s campaign can be found here
Finally home (for a minute)–I spent the weekend playing. I stayed offline much of it, I was just so happy to be back in DC. But a few wakeful hours early this morning left me with some time to read, so here’s what I’ve been checking out since last we spoke:
The National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (in partnership with AEquitas and CALCASA) is hosting a webinar, Healthcare: Understanding the Affordable Care Act and How it Effects Immigrant Survivors. The session will be held April 16th from 2-3:30 pm ET. Details after the jump:
Well, folks–week 2 of my San Antonio adventure begins. And as much as I like this city (and the lodging on post, which is nicer than a lot of other places), I am ready to sleep in my own bed again. Alas, not till Friday. Happily I had some down time over the weekend, exploring the city, stuffing myself with enormous Mexican breakfasts (both days) and being just a little lazy. Plenty of time to read and peruse my social media feeds, so here’s what caught my eyes since last we spoke:
The original research grid I created on consensual sex injury while writing the book chapter on this topic has been updated many times. It’s been refreshed again, as I try to do regularly. If you want the word doc with links to the abstracts, please note it is available for purchase now at Scribd ($0.99), as it is incredibly labor intensive*. Otherwise, you can click the link to download the PDF of the research grid.
Consensual Sex Injuries revised 3-15
*Any money collected goes into the costs of hosting this site. This is still a nerdy hobby.
I’m a bit of a sad panda, I must confess–I’m in San Antonio at JBSA for 2 full weeks, and while I love what I do for a living, it’s a pretty long time in a hotel (alone). After a false start yesterday, I finally made it down here today, and am fully settled in (Commissary–check; Class VI–check, check). It’ll be a fairly hectic couple of weeks, but I will do my best to keep the posts coming regularly. Let’s start with what’s caught my eye since last we spoke:
Late notice on this, but our friend Kim Nash is doing the next webinar for the Tribal Forensic Healthcare project. Register for the Sexual Assault Examiner: Case Study Review, which will be held Monday, March 9th from 3-4:30pm ET. As with all the offerings from this project, CEs will be available and the session will be archived.
I don’t typically post jobs, but this is an interesting one, and I can’t help but think there might be an FHO reader or 2 interested in the gig: Physicians for Human Rights is looking for an NP or physician interested in working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Click through for details.
I am late in getting this posted–usually I have these ready to go 1st thing in the morning or even the night before. But my day got away from me, and then I had the opportunity to spend the evening dining with most cherished friends, so apologies to those of you who went searching for this post earlier today.
Lousy weather made it a good weekend to read, compounded by a cross country flight on Friday (in the middle seat). On top of that, there never seems to be a shortage of things to fuel the outrage, So here’s what caught my eye since last we spoke:
Perhaps you’ve already seen the trailer for The Hunting Ground, which is released today. I’m looking forward to seeing it. I am conflicted about the film makers previous work, but it certainly doesn’t dampen my enthusiasm for seeing this one.
SAFEta has a webinar coming up next month, Human Trafficking: What Every Nurse Should Know. The session will be offered March 20th from 2-3:30pm ET. Rachell Ekroos is the featured speaker. Click through for details:
It was a very low key weekend, here in DC. The weather made it near impossible to do much (again), so there was a lot of baking (homemade pop tarts, croissants, quiche, etc.) and a lot of reading. Nice, because much travel is happening over the next month (hello, San Diego, San Antonio [for 2 weeks!] and Colorado). Want to know what’s caught my eye since last we spoke? Click through for all the links:
Time once again for Articles of Note, my monthly stroll through the peer-reviewed literature. As always, this isn’t an exhaustive list of must-reads, just the ones that I find to be particularly relevant. Click through for the full list:
For your viewing pleasure: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris talks about childhood trauma and its impact on health…There’s a lot to talk about here.