Tag: FGM

Since Last We Spoke 8-18-14

Post author By Jen
Post date August 18, 2014

Thank you to everyone who left me comments and sent emails with well wishes. I definitely took advantage of the time off and spent some quality time with my family. But it’s a new week, so convalescent time is over and back to work I go. I’m headed to the NAC one more time later in the week; until then much of my time will be spent refining a new curriculum (speaking of which: we still have room in this course for anyone interested–more info here). Before I get to my list of what’s caught my eye since last we spoke, a reminder that the National Sexual Assault Conference is happening this week in Pittsburgh. If you can’t be there (like me), follow along at #NSAC2014.

Tags criminal justice, domestic violence, family violence, FGM, forensic science, forensics, global, injury, intimate partner violence, legal, management, medical, nursing, sexual violence, teen dating violence, trauma

Child Abuse DV/IPV Sexual Assault

Clinical Guide: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Post author By Jen
Post date July 29, 2014

After yesterday’s post I received a request from an FHO reader for more resources on caring for patients who have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (literature seems to be divided on the proper terminology so I am using both here). Not surprisingly, there isn’t a huge amount of clinically-focused information out there, and much of it is specific to obstetrics. I rounded up what appeared to be the best and most current articles and clinical guidelines (mostly free full-text) and included links to previous FHO posts addressing the same topic. As always, it’s not exhaustive (I opted to leave most of the obstetric-specific information out), but hopefully it’s useful.

Tags child abuse, clinical guidelines, domestic violence, ethics, female genital cutting, FGM, global, injury, management, medical, pediatrics, prevention, sexual violence, trauma, trauma-informed care

Child Abuse DV/IPV Sexual Assault

Since Last We Spoke 7-28-14

Post author By Jen
Post date July 28, 2014
1 Comment on Since Last We Spoke 7-28-14

Today is my sweet kid’s 13th birthday, so I am officially the parent of a teenager. I have no idea how that happened. A minute ago she was a newborn and now she’s this funny, interesting, incredibly smart kid who makes me proud every day. Naturally we spent the weekend celebrating (ziplining and dim sum, anyone?) and gorging on homemade Hostess-type treats (my spouse whipped up Twinkies, Ho-Hos and Cupcakes complete with squiggly frosting). Pretty much the only thing I could do after the weekend calorie bombardment was to loll around last night and surf my social media sites. Which is what I did. Here’s what caught my eye since last we spoke:

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