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University of California - San Diego via Medical Xpress
The link between sexual violence and HIV risk is well-known, extensively documented through behavioral research. But there is growing evidence that sexual trauma also poses a heightened biological risk for HIV infection, especially in adolescents and young women.
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IAFN strongly supports swift reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which was reintroduced in the U.S. Congress this week. However, IAFN believes there are several key improvements that must be made to the law.
These include:
- Establishing a national standard for trackable sexual assault evidence collection kit contents.
- Requiring health insurance to be the primary payor for sexual assault medical forensic examinations, when available, except in instances where patient safety would be compromised (i.e. intimate partner violence sexual assault, college students on their parents’ health plan who are sexually assaulted, etc.).
- Establishing an evidence-based, trauma-informed National Medical Forensic Exam Protocol for intimate partner violence (IPV).
The 2019 bipartisan reauthorization is co-sponsored by Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California. The House Judiciary is hearing testimony about reauthorization and will debate the bill in upcoming weeks. Read More
The Physical Exam & Utilizing the Istanbul Protocol, the third webinar in our five part, Members-Only series Medical-Forensic Evaluation of Asylum Seekers will be held on April 17, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Register today! This session is free and Nursing Contact Hours will be available.
IAFN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The recording of the recent SAFEta webinar: Thinking Outside the Kit: Transportation Options for Improving Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Exams is now available. IAFN members can receive free CE by viewing it through the Online Learning Center.
A new Pediatric/Adolescent SANE Case Review has also been added to the Online Learning Center. IAFN members receive all online educational offerings of 3 contact hours or less free of charge.
IAFN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Each year, the Association seeks to identify and recognize those individuals who have contributed significantly to the advancement of forensic nursing and to the growth and success of International Association of Forensic Nurses. Please consider nominating individuals you know who deserve recognition.
Our members are our best ambassadors! Recruit a new IAFN member and you could win a gift card! Learn more.
Were you last SANE-A® or SANE-P® certified in 2016? This is your year to renew! Your CE accrual start date is now tailored to YOU - based on the date you last certified. See the renewal page for details and apply online. Save $100 when your applications is received by April 30, 2019.
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Georgia lawmakers work to end backlog
Maryland lawmakers weigh legislation requiring kits be tested
Minnesota examines hundreds of untested kits
New York arrests 1,000 after testing 100,000 kits
Ohio county indicts nearly 800 people
Virginia changes to the way kits are handled reopens cold cases
Washington passes bill to clear backlog
West Virginia is working to end the backlog
The 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is currently underway in the U.S. The meeting runs through March 22 and topics discussed thus far have included the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention), modern slavery and human trafficking and the intersection of health and human rights.
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HealthLeaders Media
A half-dozen health systems and hospitals have joined an initiative to work with community partners to increase affordable housing in their markets.
There is significant evidence showing that affordable housing makes a difference for people's physical and mental health as well as their feeling of connection and social cohesion. For example, if people are forced to make a choice between paying for rent and paying for medicine their health can deteriorate.
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Carla K. Johnson via Medical Xpress
Monthly shots of HIV drugs worked as well as daily pills to control the virus that causes AIDS in two large international tests, researchers reported.
If approved by regulators in the United States and Europe, the shots would be a new option for people with HIV and could help some stay on treatment. Instead of having to remember to take pills, patients instead could get injections from a doctor or nurse each month.
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HealthLeaders Media
Sadly, nurses are more than familiar with being hit, kicked, sworn at, or threatened as they try to deliver care. According to a 2014 study in the Journal of Emergency Nursing, three in four nurses experienced verbal or physical abuse from patients and visitors.
As a result, nurse leaders are grappling with the issue of how to protect staff against workplace violence.
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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania via Medical Xpress
Gun-related homicide rates in states with strict gun laws increase when neighboring states have less restrictive laws as a result of gun trafficking across state lines, suggests a new study from Penn Medicine. A review of gun tracing data also revealed that 65 percent of the guns recovered in the most restrictive states originated from other states. The findings are published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.
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National Institutes of Health
A research team found nearly one-third of youth ages 10 to 12 years screened positive for suicide risk in emergency department settings. As part of a larger study on youth suicide risk screening in emergency departments, researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health, part of the National Institutes of Health and collaborators sought to explore how frequently preteen youth ages 10 to 12 screened positive for suicide risk. Notably, seven percent of the preteens who screened positive for suicide risk were seeking help for physical – not psychiatric – concerns. The study appears online March 11 in Hospital Pediatrics.
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BBC News
In 2017 Denmark was named the second best country for gender equality in the European Union, beaten only by its neighbour Sweden.
It was one of only nine countries to hit EU childcare targets, had one of the most gender-equal attitudes to housework, and was one of the few European countries close to achieving a 50:50 parliament, according to the Gender Equality Index.
But in a report released last week, Amnesty International warned that Denmark also has "widespread sexual violence" and systemic problems in how it deals with rape.
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The Case Western Reserve University Daily
Police officers may use “signaling” language in sexual assault reports—occasionally dropping hints about the validity of the victim’s claims—that possibly influences an investigation’s outcome.
That’s according to Case Western Reserve University researchers who already studied more than 1,100 untested sexual assault kits over a 16-year period. Now, supported by a $715,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice, they will analyze more than 6,300 police reports of sexual assault in Cleveland, collected between 1993 and 2009.
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ACEs Connection
In 2017, Dr. Audrey Stillerman and three other women from the Chicago healthcare community founded the THEN Center. Its goal is lofty: by 2025, it wants every graduating student in medical and health sciences across the United States to apply core concepts of childhood adversity, neurobiology, resilience and health equity into their work.
Today, the THEN Center is well on its way. Its founders are working towards collaborating across healthcare disciplines and with community advocates to meet patients’ unmet needs, ensure their safety, strengthen families’ bonds and help families who have experienced trauma manage triggers, according to Stillerman.
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The Conversation via PhysOrg
When disasters happen – whether a natural disaster like a flood or earthquake, or a human-caused one like a mass shooting or bombing – it can be extremely dangerous to send first responders in, even though there are people who badly need help.
Drones are useful, and are helping in the recovery after the deadly Alabama tornadoes, but most require individual pilots, who fly the unmanned aircraft by remote control. That limits how quickly rescuers can view an entire affected area, and can delay actual aid from reaching victims.
Autonomous drones could cover more ground more quickly, but would only be more effective if they were able on their own to help rescuers identify people in need.
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