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Children's National Health System via EurekAlert!
Fewer than 60 percent of young women diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections in the emergency department fill prescriptions for antimicrobial therapy to treat these conditions, according to a research letter published online May 28, 2019, by JAMA Pediatrics.
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The newest issue of the Journal of Forensic Nursing is now available online. All regular members receive free online access as a member benefit. Not a member? Join today or view article abstracts.
The Survivors’ Access to Supportive Care Act (SASCA) (S.402/H.R.1082) needs more support from Representatives and Senators to keep it moving through the legislative process. Please take a moment and contact your legislator today! A sample script is included.
SASCA will: 1) strengthen the sexual assault examiner workforce by evaluating state-level needs, 2) test national standards of care for victims of sexual assault, 3) increase understanding of and access to sexual assault care nationwide, 4) increase understanding of and access to sexual assault care nationwide, 5) increase access to SAFE/SANE services for students, and 6) create a new resource center to provide technical assistance to states and hospitals in providing care to survivors.
Demystifying Care of Patients with Mental Illness Following a Sexual Assault
June 10, 2019; 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Recent research suggests that up to 40 percent of patients who present for care following a sexual assault have some history of mental illness. But there has been limited academic work that examines unique considerations that may arise when caring for this patient population. How do we best provide medical care and forensic services for patients with mental illness in the acute setting following a reported sexual assault? How do we determine when it is, and is not, appropriate to offer a sexual assault medical forensic exam (SAMFE)? In this webinar, an interdisciplinary panel of SANEs and psychiatrists will highlight some of the challenges faced and questions that may arise. Register.
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The New York Times
She called it her “deepest, darkest secret,” one she had never even shared with her husband. When Saffiatu Sillah was growing up in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, her clitoris was cut off in a ritual circumcision.
She was left with scar tissue that caused pain during sex and agony during childbirth. After her second child was born, Ms. Sillah, a pharmacist then living in Philadelphia, searched for medical help. Dr. Ivona Percec, a plastic surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania, said she thought an operation could ease the pain but might fail to uncover any remnant of the clitoris beneath the scarring.
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Illinois may have some questions to answer about its treatment of transgender prisoners. For the third time in less than a year, the state is facing transgender prison abuse allegations.
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a prisoner identified as Tay Tay claims that the state’s prison officials ignored her sexual assault at Shawnee Correctional Center in Southern Illinois and then threatened her when she tried to file grievances about it.
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NBC News
The bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation known as the "First Step Act" put in place improvements in the care of pregnant inmates, but advocates say it was a baby step and are calling for more to be done.
The new law bans restraining federal inmates during pregnancy, labor and postpartum recovery unless the inmate is considered a flight risk or an immediate threat to themselves or others.
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Axios
Suicide is the nation's 10th-leading cause of death, and suicide rates have increased in almost every state since the turn of the century, according to data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Foreign Policy
Five different times, Shana Grice reported her ex-boyfriend to the police in Sussex, England. The 19-year-old asked for help when he followed her home and when he used a stolen key to break into her house while she was sleeping. He put a tracker in her car and repeatedly called her breathing heavily.
But the police didn’t help—just as they ignored the 13 other women who had previously tried to report him for stalking. In Grice’s case, they fined her 90 pounds ($115) for “wasting police time.” So when her ex-boyfriend, Michael Lane, 27, drove a knife through Grice’s neck and set her bedroom on fire in August 2016, there was no one around to help.
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Goethe University Frankfurt am Main via Medical Xpress
There have not been many scientifically evaluated therapies for teens and young adults who have suffered physical or sexual abuse until now. Psychologists at Goethe University have closed the gap by developing a psychotherapeutic approach designed specifically for this age group. Its effectiveness has now been proved in a nationwide study lasting four years.
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MedPage Today via KPBS
In late November 2018, a nurse in Southern California took her own life.
"Dana" arrived by ambulance, unresponsive, at the emergency department where she had worked for nearly 20 years, and was cared for by her own colleagues before a transfer to a nearby hospital's critical care unit.
Three days later, Dana was declared brain-dead. She was 47.
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ABC News
New figures show there have been almost 500 prosecutions for choking, strangulation or suffocation in a domestic setting since the offense was introduced in Queensland three years ago.
The Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council released a spotlight report on the crime, showing 482 prosecutions for the offense were made from 2016 to 2018.
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Science News for Students
When detectives analyze human remains, they often have many questions. One of the most common: how old was the person at death? A teen in Ackworth, England has developed a new way to figure that out. And it may be more accurate than techniques typically used today.
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CBC Radio
Shari Forbes isn't at all squeamish about her work.
As a forensic expert in thanatology, the study of death, she spends her days focused on decomposing human bodies — examining how insects eat flesh, when they lay their eggs, and even how cadaver dogs pick up a corpse's odor.
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