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Reports of sexual assault in the U.S. military increased by nearly 10 percent in 2017, according to the Pentagon's annual study released, as the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps all documented a rise in reported incidents.
The study shows that last year, 5,277 service members reported being sexually assaulted during their time in the military compared to 4,794 in 2016.
This webinar presentation will illustrate the differential diagnosis tree the clinician must consider when performing a prepubescent medical forensic exam or consulting when anogenital injury has been identified. A review of normal pediatric anogenital anatomy, followed by case studies that include normal variants that can be mistaken for abuse, STI’s that may mimic trauma, straddle injury review, and traumatic injuries from sexual abuse.
Speakers: Diane Daiber, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, Forensic Nursing Specialist with IAFN and Kim Nash, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, Forensic Nursing Specialist with IAFN
June 19, 2018 | 2:00-3:30 p.m. (Eastern) | Register
Provided by: IAFN's SAFEta and KIDSta Projects. FREE of charge and open to all. Certificate of Completion Provided
Submissions are due May 7, 2018
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Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) credentials are recognized by the ANCC Magnet Program. The application window for the next SANE exam opens June 1, 2018.
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The National Academies' of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Integrating Social Needs Care into the Delivery of Health Care is seeking Public Comments on the potential for integrating services addressing social needs and the social determinants of health into the delivery of health care
The U.S. Rural Health Information Hub offers a website where you can explore county-level data on issues that impact rural health, including rural demographics, health disparities, the health workforce, and other topics. This is a great resource for grant writing or providing justifications for funding and creating and sustaining programs in the U.S.
Government of Canada
Emergencies can be very stressful. Children in particular can feel the stress deeply — and may react in a number of different ways. As a parent, the key to helping your children cope is simply by being there and making them feel safe and secure.
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NBC News
Nearly 350 victims of modern day slavery across the Americas and the Caribbean have been freed after an operation by Interpol to spot human trafficking.
In a statement Monday, Interpol said more than 500 police officers in 13 countries — Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Curacao, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and Venezuela — worked to arrest 22 people during Operation Libertad.
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Newsweek
The Colombian Senate approved a bill to combat child sex abuse that includes the use of chemical castration for child rapists. The country is grappling with a staggering number of cases of sex crimes against minors, according to local reports.
The bill will now have to be passed by the country’s House of Representatives. Convicts can also voluntarily ask the Health Ministry to receive free “anaphrodisiac” drugs that lower sexual desire, coupled with psychiatric and psychological treatment.
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LIFEDREAM Films LLC
CAREgivers is a documentary film that shares the compelling personal stories of professionals, such as therapists, child welfare workers, clinical social workers, first responders, nurses, doctors and other care providers, and how they are impacted by their challenging work. Depicting caregivers in their professional worksites or in response to public tragedies, this award winning documentary and the video shorts share the inspiring ways in which caregivers also learn how to cope and to thrive, as they rediscover deep meaning and satisfaction in their service.
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CNN
After an evening of cocktails in San Diego, a woman got into the back of an Uber for a ride home. She was so intoxicated she had to ask the driver to stop so she could vomit. She says she then passed out in the backseat.
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Medical Xpress
A new study in The Lancet Public Health shows the rapid expansion of British Columbia's Take Home Naloxone program significantly reduced the number of fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2016. The BC Centre for Disease Control, in partnership with the Institute of Applied Mathematics at the University of British Columbia, has developed a mathematical model — the first of its kind — that can be used to estimate the effectiveness of different public-health interventions in preventing opioid overdose deaths.
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Salon
The federal Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) in 2014 represents the culmination and true turning point in the rape kit test¬ing and processing and rape culture reform movement that’s crossing the country now. It provides financial, technical, and training support crucial to furnishing jurisdictions with the resources and knowledge to identify and disseminate best practices for this endeavor. In fact, Kevin Strom, program director in the Research Triangle Institute’s Center for Justice, Safety, and Resilience — this nonprofit organization oversees the SAKI project — labels this era “The Golden Age of Sexual Assault Reform.”
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