Many of you may have seen the recently published article by the New England Journal of Medicine, Care of the Adult Patient After Sexual Assault (it’s available as a free full text article in PDF form). It was posted on the IAFN Community site (for those of you who are members), along with some comments by the always thoughtful Elise Turner.
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Ever wonder what jurors are thinking during trial? Well, apparently sometimes they’re thinking this, as seen in the recent Moreno trial (dubbed the unfortunate moniker “the Rape Cop trial” by the press):
“What if the two became close? What if they hit it off…? A moment that turned into conversation, that turned into flirting? (Source: Jezebel)
You can be the best clinician in the world, and that kind of stuff will still be going through the minds of jurors as you testify. Stop basing the success of your program on prosecution outcomes.
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Advancing Sexual Health
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Just back from Italy where I spent a most magical week away from pretty much everything (no work email, no texting, no cell phone, no Twitter, no Facebook–and only once a day checking my personal email so I didn’t become completely unhinged). While I was away, several things showed up in my various accounts I wanted to share, including this:
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SAFEta Webinar Series
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Because I frequently field questions on where people can find multidisciplinary online training on sexual assault-related topics, I want to remind readers that the 1st place to look is the SAFEta site. There are currently 3 archived webinars on some issues that don’t get discussed nearly enough:
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The FaithTrust Institute has a fascinating webinar September 7th at 11am PT–Misconduct and Abuse by Faith Leaders: An International Conversation. A description of the session after the jump:
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Just a quickie today as I am trying to get ready for a (slightly anxiety-provoking) trip to South Carolina tomorrow. Assuming Irene gives me a break, I’ll be back in time for the weekend–and my upcoming vacation (but more on that next week). In the meantime, if you have the ability to access it, JAMA devoted an entire issue to Violence and Human Rights earlier this month. See a selection of the available articles after the jump. Find links to all the abstracts here.
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The NO MORE Project
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Maybe you’ve seen the email, tweets or Facebook page about the NO MORE Project, but just in case, check out this incredible collaboration and the webinar that will introduce you to their work and their mission (which I look forward to hearing about from FHO readers, since I will be out of the country).
IAFN has a webinar coming up September 20th from 2-3pm ET: Balancing Patient Care and Law Enforcement Collaboration. Registration is not open yet, but let me tell you why you should sign up for this one as soon as possible:
OVC has a web forum coming up August 31st: Assisting Male Victims of Sexual Assault. Howard Fradkin, Ph.D., LICDC and Ken Followell, board members of Male Survivor, will be the featured presenters. The web forums begin at 2pm ET, but you can email questions for the presenters ahead of time and then tune in to see the live chat in real time. Not available at 2pm? Just come back to the site and review the archived questions and answers.
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Just Rural Podcast Series
Yet another item that got buried in the queue of things waiting to get posted: NSVRC has a podcast series available that’s a great resource for those of you working in rural areas. The Just Rural Podcast Series includes 4 interviews with members of different disciplines; transcripts from each of the podcasts are also available.
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Veto Violence
The twittersphere has been awash with Veto Violence posts, so some of you may be familiar with this site already. If you’re not, you should head on over and spend some quality time trolling through the different sections. It’s a source for online violence education tools, but it’s grounded in prevention. Specifically a public health approach, using a social-ecological model.
There are several things I wanted to bring to your attention this morning:
Medscape has some good stuff this week:
- **An article from the July 2011 Nursing Economics about violence against nurses and its personal and professional toll;
- **Gail Horner’s article on evaluating child sexual abuse that is cited in this month’s Articles of Note, for those of you wanting full-text (with images);
- **A nurse’s primer on compassion fatigue from OJIN;
- **Screening for STIs, a CME offering for our physician colleagues.
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It’s time once again for Articles Note. These are a selection from peer-reviewed journals that feel particularly relevant to our practice. Remember, it’s in no way a comprehensive or exhaustive list, but it’s an excellent place to start. The majority of the links will take you to PubMed. There are also several free full-text articles in here, so we can all be happy about that. Peds people, you guys have a boat-load of good stuff in here, but trust me when I tell you this–there’s something for everyone in the journals this month.
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AIDS Alliance is hosting a webinar Wednesday, August 3rd from 1-2:30 pm ET: Violence Against Women and HIV. The webinar appears to be free of charge, but registration is required.
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Have you seen the Expert Chat series at NIJ? I stumbled upon the archive, and there’s some really great stuff just waiting for you to find it, too. Not everything is clinically relevant, but the stuff that is is worth perusing.
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Kudos to ACOG for their recommendation to screen patients routinely for sexual assault. You can see the press release here; or read the full recommendation in their journal: Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Committee Opinion No. 499 “Sexual assault” Obstet Gyn 2011; 118(2): 396-399.
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For those of you with an interest in participating in IAFN’s free web-based SAFE training and clinical workshop, please note, the application deadline has been extended to September 1st due to a spectacular response. If you missed the original posting, check out all the course details here.
Some of you may have been following the release of the Institute of Medicine’s report on clinical preventive services for women. This is a big, big deal for a number of reasons, not the least of which is their recommendation that women have access to birth control without a co-pay. But did you know their were some violence-related issues addressed in thew new report, as well?
The other day I posted on the Newsweek article about prostitution and human trafficking, and judging by the unbelievable number of hits, FHO readers have some significant interest in the topic. So I wanted to follow up with a resource on providing healthcare for victims of trafficking.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a new policy statement—Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse by Health Care Providers (PDF). Medscape has an overview of the statement, with a CME activity attached (sorry, physicians only). It’s an interesting read, and one that addresses an issue I’ve not seen other organizations address (hello, AMA?).