The American Journal of Reproductive Immunology’s current issue is completely devoted to Sexual Violence and HIV Transmission (and it appears free full text). So, yeah, I’ll just go ahead and add that to my reading list for my Australia trip…
Category: Sexual Assault
Mark your calendar: the inaugural Forensic Journal Club is coming up 12 February. Find all the information you need to participate here.
I’m so excited to announce that the toolkit for evaluating SANE programs’ work in the criminal justice system (PDF) is now available. Many of you heard Dr. Campbell and colleagues speak about this in Puerto Rico last fall. I know I have been eagerly awaiting its release for quite some time. I feel confident this will be a useful tool for many of you (full disclosure: I was a consultant on this project).
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Since Last We Spoke, 2-4-13
Mark your calendar: the inaugural Forensic Journal Club is coming up 12 February. Find all the information you need to participate here.
Clearly, I needed the weekend to recover, which is exactly what I did. Surrounded myself with loved ones (and my pup) and played down in Charlottesville with good friends. I held a few new babies, drank several glasses of good red, and ate enough for a couple people– all in all, it did a world of good. And while I was at it, I had a chance to do a little reading. Later in the week I will be bringing you a new clinical guide. But in the meantime, here’s what’s caught my attention since last we spoke:
Mark your calendar: the inaugural Forensic Journal Club is coming up 12 February. Find all the information you need to participate here.
Jewish Women International‘s National Alliance to Prevent Domestic Violence is hosting a webinar February 14th from 12-1:30 pm ET–Let’s Talk About Sex: Adolescents and Sexual Violence. Looks like the cost of the webinar (for non-members) is $25. CEs are available for social workers only.
Mark your calendar: the inaugural Forensic Journal Club is coming up 12 February. Find all the information you need to participate here.
An FHO reader sent me a message this week asking when I was going to resume posting the lists of what I’ve been reading over the weekend. I hadn’t realized until receiving that email that I had actually stopped. So in between flying home from a week working in Colorado Springs on Saturday and (maybe) flying south for a trial beginning tomorrow, here’s what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:
Great to see that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has published a Committee Opinion on screening for reproductive and sexual coercion (PDF). Worth your time to read through it.
Apologies for the last minute post, but it includes free CMEs/CEUs AND it’s an important topic, so I figured you all might forgive me. The National Health Collaborative on Violence and Abuse is hosting a free webinar January 25th from 1:30-3pm ET, Trauma Informed Care: The Role of the Health Care Provider.
An excellent training bulletin by EVAW: for anyone who ever has questions about calling victim advocates and HIPAA protections, here are your answers (PDF). And in case you missed it, you can find Joanne Archambault and Kim Lonsway, along with David Lisak, on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, which aired yesterday (you can listen to the podcast or read the transcript here).
I am a bit late on getting an Articles of Note post up, but hopefully what I lack in timeliness I make up for in volume. There’s some really interesting research to be found in the current journals, so I encourage you to peruse the list and see what looks relevant to your practice. Not too many free full-text articles, sadly, so hopefully you can access the articles via your local medical library or hospital. What follows after the jump is the embedded Scribd doc for printing; the list with live links is after that. As always, contact me if you want all of this in a word doc.
I am back from my honeymoon and trying desperately to catch up. There is so much to cover this week, but I’m afraid I’ll have to ease into some of the chewier content as we move through the week. For now, please check out this really thoughtful piece by David Lee at PreventConnect, Responding to the Gang Rape in India: 5 Lessons About Preventing Sexual Violence. It’s worth your time.
More of what I’m reading right now: Human Trafficking Research Brief (PDF) from NSVRC. Available for free download, “[t]he purpose of this research brief is to review research on the relationship between sexual violence and trafficking (especially, but not limited to, sex trafficking) and shed light on gaps in existing research. The documents reviewed in this brief discuss trafficking, the frequency of sexual violence against trafficking victims, health concerns of victims, and strategies for outreach to victims.”
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Women Veterans and Trauma
BWJP is offering a webinar, Women Veterans and Trauma, January 22nd at 3pm Eastern. From the site:
Do you serve women veterans? Do you screen for military service, deployment to combat zones, combat and trauma-related conditions? Do you understand the intersection between combat exposure and other types of trauma? Some women veterans are survivors of military sexual trauma. Some are intimate partner violence survivors or may still be in abusive relationships. Some had trauma histories before entering the military. In addition, some women veterans are dealing with physical injuries and/or co-occurring conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, substance abuse, and depression, etc. This Webinar will address these issues and will provide a trauma-informed approach to serving women veterans.
I hope everyone had a peaceful holiday (or at least enjoyed a few days off if you don’t celebrate). Today I want to round out some continuing education sources for those of you in need of finishing the year with a few extra in hand (see here for Part I). All are available for nursing CEs; CME credits are available as indicated.
I’m having some serious internet issues today, so I will keep this short. A new VAWnet applied research paper is now available: Violence During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period (PDF). Perfect for your January staff meeting (because we know at this month’s meeting it’s all about appreciating your staff and stuffing yourselves full of somebody’s homemade yum yums).
Stop back tomorrow for another great resource from a colleague and FHO reader…
Futures without Violence is hosting a two-part webinar in January: Strengthening Healthcare-Based Domestic Violence Programs through Evaluation. Part One will be held January 8th, 2013 from 1-2:30pm ET; Part Two will be January 31st, 12-1:30pm ET. Both are free, but require separate registration.
If you’re looking at your licensure and certification requirements and realizing you need to garner some additional CE hours before the end of the year, here are some ideas for credits that are $25 or less. All have some forensic healthcare application, whether directly or as related to patient education, discharge planning, etc. I’ll be back with Part II later in the week.
A happy Monday morning from rainy and cold Washington, DC. It’s a fine day to hunker down with a cup of tea and read. So let’s not waste any time, shall we? Here’s what I’ve been reading (and watching) since last we spoke:
Today (December 6th) is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action To End Violence Against Women. So it’s only fitting that our Go-to Guide for the day comes from someone who has been working doggedly to address and enhance the response to victims of violence–not just in Canada (where she works and lives), but globally.
On December 17th at 1pm ET, the DNA Resource Center is hosting a webinar, Victim Notification in an Audit of Unprocessed Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Collection Kits: Lessons Learned from the Michigan 400 Project. From the site:
The 400 Project was an OVW-funded project initiated by the Michigan Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention and Treatment Board in early 2010 to determine the scope of work, cost, and likely outcome of forensic analysis of more than 10,000 unresolved sexual assault forensic evidence kits found in the City of Detroit Police Department Crime Lab.
Time once again for this month’s Articles of Note, a review of some of what has caught my eye from the recently published peer-reviewed literature. Please keep in mind this is not exhaustive, just some of what I am currently reading this month. You’ll note that there are several free full-text articles in this month’s review. For those of you who want a word doc, feel free to contact me. Otherwise the Scribd doc is embedded, followed by the list of articles with links.