Tag: sexual violence

Since Last We Spoke 8-11-14

Post author By Jen
Post date August 11, 2014

I’m with the Navy and Marines in Newport, RI this week, one of my favorite gigs of the year. It’s hard to believe it’s that time again, because of course the year has flown by. Less than 10 days left with my kiddo before she returns to school, so I’m especially grateful she’s traveling with me (she’s an excellent and experienced traveling companion, so it’s relatively effortless). Pretty quiet around our house this past weekend, so plenty of time to keep tabs on my social media feeds. And lots of news to stay on top of, so here’s what’s caught my eye since last we spoke:

Tags criminal justice, domestic violence, ethics, global, homicide, injury, intimate partner violence, law, legal, management, medical, murder, police, policy, sexual assault, sexual violence, trauma

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Prepping for Court: Adult Sexual Assault

Post author By Jen
Post date August 7, 2014
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I’d like to introduce a new series here on the site: Prepping for Court. The purpose is to introduce people to the articles and books that I think are solid, reliable publications that can help inform testimony. Of course I’ll start with adult sexual assault, since it’s still the most popular topic at FHO. For this first one I have broken it into different sections, because different cases will have different issues. But all of the resources listed here are ones that I think are quality, and since we don’t have the time (or will) to read everything that’s ever been published on a given subject, this should give clinicians (and attorneys) a good foundation. Disagree with any of these or think I’ve missed some? Let me know and we’ll address it.

Tags criminal justice, expert witness, injury, legal, medical, rape, research, sexual assault, sexual violence, trauma

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Since Last We Spoke 8-4-14

Post author By Jen
Post date August 4, 2014

I’m on my way to the NAC (for the 2nd of 3 trips down there in a month)–we’re kicking off the inaugural run of a fantastic (I hope) interactive testimony course for SANEs and prosecutors. Considering we started working on this about 18 months ago, it’s exciting to finally see it come to fruition. And a bit nerve-wracking, as all 1st time courses can be. I was pretty focused on prep this weekend and didn’t spend a lot of time surfing the interwebs, but there were still a few things that caught my eye since last we spoke:

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Intimate Partner Homicide Prevention

Post author By Jen
Post date August 1, 2014

VAWnet has updated their special collection on intimate partner homicide prevention. You should range around the site a bit–there’s a lot here for clinicians and for the collaborative teams in which we participate.

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New Resource: Recognizing When a Child’s Injury or Illness Is Caused by Abuse

Post author By Jen
Post date July 31, 2014

OJJDP just released a new resource: Recognizing When a Child’s Injury or Illness Is Caused by Abuse (PDF). It’s written for law enforcement, so this is really more of a SART or MDT resource, than a clinical text. I was happy to see it addresses issues like aging bruises based on color (you can’t), and provides some good overview information about a variety of injuries and other findings. I haven’t gone through the whole thing, but it looks promising. Peds folks weigh in…

Tags adverse childhood experiences, child abuse, criminal justice, family violence, injury, investigation, law, legal, pediatrics, police, SART, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual violence, trauma

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Missing & Exploited: Child Sex Trafficking Reporting and Recovery Planning

Post author By Jen
Post date July 30, 2014

NCMEC has a free webinar coming up, Missing and Exploited: Child Sex Trafficking Reporting and Recovery Planning (PDF). The session will be held August 19th from 2-3:30pm ET. Click through for details:

Tags child abuse, criminal justice, global, human trafficking, law, legal, medical, NCMEC, program management, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual violence, trauma

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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

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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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Full-Text Friday: Best Clinical Practices for Male Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Post author By Jen
Post date July 25, 2014

This week’s full-text offering is from The Permanente Journal and it addresses an issue that certainly doesn’t get discussed enough in healthcare circles: male patients who have experienced child sexual abuse. Coincidentally, I just saw that IAFN posted this article on Facebook, as well, so perhaps some of you have read the article already. If not, I recommend it. Click through for more details:

Tags adverse childhood experiences, child abuse, family violence, management, medical, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual violence, trauma, trauma-informed care, violence

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#STD Surveillance

Post author By Jen
Post date July 23, 2014

Surveillance data is extremely useful for us; the CDC guidelines are one resource for making decisions about how we treat our patients, but the actual information about what STDs are being seen in our communities, what problems may exists regarding things like antibiotic resistance, and other considerations, are also part of the calculus. For instance, if you have a high rate of syphilis in your community, you may choose to test as a part of your patient care.

Tags Canada, CDC, data, management, medical, prevention, program management, rape, research, sexual assault, sexual violence, STDs, STIs, surveillance

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Worthwhile Read: Futures’ Health E-Bulletin Summer 2014

Post author By Jen
Post date July 22, 2014

The newest edition of Futures Without Violence‘s Health E-Bulletin (PDF) is now available. Particularly useful is the 1st article on why the ACA-mandated domestic violence screening matters and the one on reproductive coercion. Worth your time.

Tags ACA, adverse childhood experiences, criminal justice, domestic violence, family violence, injury, intimate partner violence, management, medical, prevention, sexual assault, sexual violence, teen dating violence, trauma, trauma-informed care, violence

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Since Last We Spoke 7-21-14

Post author By Jen
Post date July 21, 2014

We finally cleared the last of our houseguests yesterday (that’s 10 days of people in our tiny place for those of you tracking), so we’re back to status quo. I head down to the NAC for the Army this week, but aside from that it should be relatively mellow. I was busy playing tourist in my own city this weekend, but there was still plenty of time to catch up on the news of the day. Here’s what’s caught my eye since last we spoke:

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Full-Text Friday: Multiple Perpetrator Assaults

Post author By Jen
Post date July 18, 2014

This week’s Full-Text Friday offering addresses the issue of multiple perpetrator rapes of adolescent girls (sad commentary: I can’t combine those words in the title of this post because of the disgusting trolls that come out of the woodwork). I hear a lot of speculative testimony, and occasionally it is about expectations of injury following sexual assault by multiple assailants. There’s not a ton of research on this topic, so I am pleased to offer this article up as a way to help inform us about the clinical picture of this patient population:

Tags adverse childhood experiences, child abuse, forensics, injury, pediatrics, rape, SART, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual violence, trauma, trauma-informed care, violence, youth violence

Sexual Assault

A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words

Post author By Jen
Post date July 17, 2014
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Somehow I missed this when it was held in May, but thankfully there’s an archived presentation: Vera Institute’s Center on Victimization and Safety has an archived webinar available on helping patients with disabilities understand the sexual assault medical-forensic exam. A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words is available for viewing; I haven’t reviewed it yet, but it looks like a pretty invaluable contribution to the discussion around promising practices. Click through for details:

Tags archived webinars, disabilities, injury, powerpoint, SART, sexual assault, sexual violence, trauma, violence

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Coalition-Sponsored Webinars

Post author By Jen
Post date July 15, 2014

If you aren’t looking to your state anti-violence coalitions for continuing education, you’re missing some great opportunities. State coalitions do a lot of training, and many are putting on webinars and online courses that have relevance far beyond their state’s borders. Click through for some of the upcoming events, and feel free to add others in the comments (I’ll take those outside the US, too, please):

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Since Last We Spoke 7-14-14

Post author By Jen
Post date July 14, 2014

This weekend was all about the big promotion, with family descending upon DC and filling every corner of our tiny dollhouse of a home. But it was pretty spectacular, and now almost everyone has gone home, and life should return to normal. Normal, of course, includes travel, so I’ll head to the Air Force JAG school later in the week for a tick. Still, there was plenty of time to read, and as always, it appears sexual violence is dominating the headlines (including this massive and painfully familiar sounding article that appeared on the front page of the NY Times). Here’s what has caught my eye since last we spoke:

Tags child abuse, domestic violence, family violence, forensic science, forensics, global, injury, intimate partner violence, law, legal, management, medical, policy, rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, trauma, US, violence

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Trigger Warning: Breakfast

This is such a powerful, compelling piece– everyone should read it. Thanks to all of you who sent it my way.

Tags rape, sexual violence, trauma

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Worthwhile Read: Delivery and Evaluation of Sexual Assault Forensic (SAFE) Training Programs

Post author By Jen
Post date July 10, 2014

I am so excited to sit down with this: Delivery and Evaluation of Sexual Assault Forensic (SAFE) Training Programs (PDF). The report addresses the initial offering of the online SAFE training + 2 day clinical practicum provided by IAFN and evaluated by Debra Patterson and her team. There’s some really promising results here and it gives us some direction for rethinking how we deliver both didactic and clinical education. Definitely a worthwhile read, especially for those of you conducting SAFE training or debating ways in which to get new clinicians educated.

Tags forensics, IAFN, online education, program management, rape, research, SART, sexual assault, sexual violence, training, trauma-informed care

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Since Last We Spoke 7-7-14

Post author By Jen
Post date July 7, 2014
2 Comments on Since Last We Spoke 7-7-14

Here we go: vacation is behind us and a modified (but still busy) travel season resumes for our household. Happily it’s not me on the road this week, but after taking a week off, I can hardly corral my to-do list. Always a trade-off, that whole taking time off thing. Hopefully US readers enjoyed a happy and relaxing 4th–we certainly did (and it was a far more social one than I am used to). But all in all, there was plenty of downtime and a good amount of reading therein. Here’s what’s caught my eye since last we spoke:

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Crimes Against Children: Examining Technology’s Impact on Victimization and Witness Intimidation

Post author By Jen
Post date June 26, 2014

Here’s a piece worth your time: the National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse at NDAA just published Crimes Against Children: Examining Technology’s Impact on Victimization and Witness Intimidation (PDF). Want to better understand how technology is impacting our pediatric patients and how offenders are gaining access to them? This is a great (and brief) overview of what’s out there right now, and what the issues are. Good for parents, as well. {Full disclosure: the author is my wife.}

Tags bullying, child abuse, criminal justice, cyberbullying, global, internet, legal, pediatrics, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual violence, tech-facilitated crimes, teen dating violence, trauma, witness intimidation, youth violence

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