Archive for March 2009
Sexual Assault in the Military
Tuesday, the Department of Defense released a new report on sexual assault in the military. Those of us who do this work won’t find the results particularly shocking (no glibness intended in that statement), but they are disturbing, nonetheless. Tuesday night CBS Evening News did a report on the story. You can watch the video here. Wednesday, they followed up with a piece on whether US military policies endanger female soldiers (clip and story here).
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Violence Against Native Women
Over at The Hub, they are featuring a page on Violence Against Native Women in North America. Aside from multiple short videos about the scope of the problem, there are also several good links. One of those is to Amnesty International‘s recent report, Maze of Injustice. Follow that link for even more (heartbreaking, disturbing, enraging, _______ your adjective here) information on the issue.
Pediatric Submersion Injuries
Announcing a new resource…
And we’re live! I am pleased to announce the unveiling of the National SANE Sustainability TA blog (a project of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, funded by the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women). Because I maintain that site, in my role as project manager, you will start to see some cross-referencing between the two blogs. Although the project focuses on sexual assault (across the lifespan, BTW), the resources posted there will be useful for any program manager, particularly nonprofit healthcare program managers. Sadly, there’s no email subscriber service there, but there is an RSS feed for your daily doses of sustainability information…http://www.nsvrc.org/SANE-blog.
Collecting DNA in High Volume Crimes: UPDATED
PLEASE READ THROUGH FOR UPDATED INFO:
Sorry that this is a very last minute post (I just got the announcement for it this morning, so subscribers, you’re probably not going to even see this until it’s too late), but the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices is holding a webinar TODAY (3/17/09) from 2-3:30pm ET titled The Future of DNA: Collecting DNA in High Volume Crimes.
TBI in Children and Adolescents
From Medscape: A CE offering on mild TBI and transient, persistent symptoms after injuries. This offering specifically looks at TBI in kids and teens, and is based on a study published in this month’s issue of Pediatrics. 0.25 CEUs/CMEs available with completion of the online test. Registration on Medscape is free and required.
Teen Dating Violence
JWI, who has produced many quality teleconferences on domestic violence topics, has recently announced their latest one: The Chris Brown/Rihanna case: What we can learn from the media’s coverage of this case to use in our work with teens and their families. The teleconference is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24th, from 12pm-1pm ET; cost is $25 for non-members (members attend for free). Pre-registration is required.
False Reports
NDAA just published a couple new bulletins, including one co-authored by Joanne Archambault, Kim Lonsway (both of EVAW), and David Lisak (who you may know from his research on undetected rapists). False Reports: Moving Beyond the Issue to Successfully Investigate and Prosecute Non-Stranger Sexual Assaults (PDF) is probably another one of those items to share at your next SART or MDT meeting. Honestly, though, the sheer amount of misinformation circulating in our professional circles about the rates of false reports makes this a must-read regardless of your profession.
Maternal Health in Emergency Situations
UNICEF/UN Radio produced a podcast on maternal health last fall, Delivering on the Front Lines: Maternal Health in Conflict, Post-Conflict and Emergency Situations. The podcast features a panel of experts who examine the impact war and other emergent situations have on pregnant women and new mothers. “During armed conflict, the well-being of women is threatened by physical, sexual and psychological abuse, and vital maternal care services are typically disrupted by the devastation of health infrastructure.” You can listen to the 23 minute podcast here.
Breaking the Silence: Children’s Stories
[Warning: flight of ideas is about to ensue…]
Tuesday night Joy Behar interviewed Robin Givens, Denise Brown, Erin Gray and Victor Rivers about domestic violence on Larry King Live. I was happy to hear Victor talk about the importance of engaging men in DV prevention and the dangers of bystander behavior, and it reminded me of the documentary in which he had been featured many years ago, Breaking the Silence: Journeys of Hope (PBS).
What Are Your Essentials?
I was asked yesterday what my go-to resources are for information on the Web. If I had to put together my can’t live without list for growing myself professionally, what would be on it? Obviously, my choices are personal ones, based on my forensic specialties (SA, DV, elder abuse) and my other revenue-generating interests (technology, healthcare economics, writing, presenting). Probably not universally appealing stuff. But if pressed (which I was), you can check out my top 10 after the jump:
Forensic Healthcare Online 