Articles of Note: September Edition

It’s time once again for Articles Note. These are a selection from the August, September and October 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 is also one free full-text article in here.
Here’s the printable version. The active links follow below.

Articles of Note September 2011

Acad Pediatr. 2011 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print]

Child Abuse Consultations Initiated by Child Protective Services: The Role of Expert Opinions.

McGuire L, Martin KD, Leventhal JM.

Am J Community Psychol. 2011 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print]

Council-Based Approaches to Reforming the Health Care Response to Domestic Violence: Promising Findings and Cautionary Tales.

Allen NE, Larsen SE, Javdani S, Lehrner AL.

Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2011 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print]

Abusive head trauma: recognition and the essential investigation.

Kemp AM.

BMC Res Notes. 2011 Sep 12;4(1):354. [Epub ahead of print]

Retrospective Review to Determine the Utility of Follow-up Skeletal Surveys in Child Abuse Evaluations when the Initial Skeletal Survey is Normal (FULL-TEXT).

Bennett BL, Chua MS, Care M, Kachelmeyer A, Mahabee-Gittens M.

Can J Aging. 2011 Sep 13:1-29. [Epub ahead of print]

Elder Abuse and Neglect in Canada: The Glass is Still Half Full.

McDonald L.

Child Abuse Negl. 2011 Aug;35(8):574-81. Epub 2011 Aug 19.

Pediatric response to a large-scale child protection intervention.

Lukefahr JL, Kellogg ND, Anderst JD, Gavril AR, Wehner KK.

Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Oct;23(5):307-14.

Genital trauma in prepubertal girls and adolescents.

Merritt DF.

Injury. 2011 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print]

The incidence of fractures in children under the age of 24 months – In relation to non-accidental injury.

Clarke NM, Shelton FR, Taylor CC, Khan T, Needhirajan S.

J Am Coll Health. 2011 Aug-Oct;59(7):588-94.

Self-rated health in relation to rape and mental health disorders in a national sample of college women.

Zinzow HM, Amstadter AB, McCauley JL, Ruggiero KJ, Resnick HS, Kilpatrick DG.

J Forensic Nurs. 2011 Sep;7(3):137-144. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2011.01110.x.

An examination of SANE data: Clinical considerations based on victim-assailant relationship.

Murphy SB, Potter SJ, Pierce-Weeks J, Stapleton JG, Wiesen-Martin D.

J Forensic Nurs. 2011 Sep;7(3):145-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2011.01111.x.

DNA testing of sexual assault evidence: The laboratory perspective.

Burg A, Kahn R, Welch K.

J Forensic Sci. 2011 Sep;56(5):1156-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01879.x. Epub 2011 Aug 9.

To be Used or Not to be Used, that is the Question: Legal Use of Forensic and Clinical Information Collected in a Self-referral Sexual AssaultCentre*.

Nesvold H, Ormstad K, Friis S.

J Forensic Sci. 2011 Aug 9. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01888.x. [Epub ahead of print]

Toxicological Findings in Cases of Sexual Assault in the Netherlands*

Bosman IJ, Verschraagen M, Lusthof KJ.

J Gerontol Nurs. 2011 Sep 16:1-6. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20110831-02. [Epub ahead of print]

The Role of Health Care Providers in Recognizing and Reporting Elder Abuse.

Hess S.

J Interpers Violence. 2011 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print]

Barriers to Successful Treatment Completion in Child Sexual Abuse Survivors.

McPherson P, Scribano P, Stevens J.

J Interpers Violence. 2011 Aug 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners’ Perceptions of the Revictimization of Rape Victims.

Maier SL.

J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2011 Oct;16(4):252-62.

Forensic nurses’ experiences of receiving child abuse disclosures.

Finn C.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Aug 11. [Epub ahead of print]

Military Service, Life Span Sexual Assault Exposures, and Cervical Cytologic Abnormalities.

Sadler AG, Mengeling MA, Syrop CH, Torner JC, Booth BM.

Minerva Pediatr. 2011 Aug;63(4):319-25.

Skin signs in child abuse and differential diagnosis.

Oranje A, Bilo RA.

Pediatrics. 2011 Aug 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Anogenital Human Papillomavirus in Sexually Abused and Nonabused Children: A Multicenter Study.

Unger ER, Fajman NN, Maloney EM, Onyekwuluje J, Swan DC, Howard L, Beck-Sague CM, Sawyer MK, Girardet RG, Sautter RL, Hammerschlag MR, Black CM.

Pediatrics. 2011 Aug 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Estimating the Probability of Abusive Head Trauma: A Pooled Analysis.

Maguire SA, Kemp AM, Lumb RC, Farewell DM.

Trauma Violence Abuse. 2011 Oct;12(4):171-82.

Community-based services and interventions for adults with disabilities who have experienced interpersonal violence: a review of the literature.

Lund EM.

Violence Against Women. 2011 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print]

The University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women: Science Inspired by Women’s Stories.

Jordan CE.