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Infants exposed to domestic violence have poorer cognitive development
Science Magazine
Linda Bullock, a professor emerita at the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, helped implement the Domestic Violence Enhanced Perinatal Home Visits program in rural Missouri, which empowered safety planning and reduced domestic violence for hundreds of abused pregnant women. After learning from home health visits that many of the abused women had up to nine different romantic partners during and following pregnancy, Bullock conducted a study to examine the impact of multiple father figures on the cognitive development of the newborn infants.
After administering neurodevelopmental tests during home visits three, six and 12 months after birth, she was surprised to find the infants of women who had only one male partner who abused them had worse cognitive outcomes compared to infants of women with multiple male partners, only some of whom were abusive.
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.FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES
Stay Connected! Join Us for the Annual Business Meeting
The International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) encourages all members to attend the virtual Annual Business Meeting, October 21, 2:00-3:30 PM EST.
The Annual Business Meeting is an opportunity for YOU, our members, to learn more about the state of your association, review highlights from the past year, and hear about IAFN's vision for the future of forensic nursing. Register today.
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The IAFN2021 Virtual Conference is Just a Few Weeks Away!
Join us for this year's virtual conference, offering more than 80 recorded sessions available in seven tracks, plus poster sessions, keynotes, exhibitors, and more! Registration is open through September 27, 2021. You can complete the conference offerings on your own timeline over the course of several weeks beginning October 1 and ending November 30, 2021. Register Today!
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FREE Social Justice Training — Implicit Bias
Due to high demand, the Social Justice Committee added additional dates for the live 3-hour training on the topic of Implicit Bias. CE credits will be provided. Space is limited; register today!
The International Association of Forensic Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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Upcoming Webinar
Sex Trafficking in Indian Country and Alaska, Part 2
October 7, 2-3:30 PM EST
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
How Amazon Ring uses domestic violence to market doorbell cameras
Technology Review
When Ring launched eight years ago with a crowdfunding campaign, the market for home surveillance cameras and video doorbells barely existed. Now Ring has it cornered: in 2020, the company sold an estimated 1.4 million devices globally—as much as the next four competitors combined, according to a report by the business intelligence company Strategy Analytics. Many consumers are drawn in by Ring’s central marketing pitch: that the cameras can reduce crime by making it easy to keep an eye on people’s front porches, driveways, and—often—passersby. Ring has partnered with more than 1,800 law enforcement agencies and 360 fire departments across the United States, providing free doorbell cameras to police officers, fire fighters, and members of the public, usually in exchange for promoting Ring and the Neighbors app. However, despite the company’s focus on police partnerships, it’s unclear how much the cameras actually help in deterring or solving crimes. After its first pilot project in an upscale neighborhood of Los Angeles in 2015, Ring said the presence of its cameras had reduced burglaries in the neighborhood by 55 percent from the previous year, but the figure could not be replicated by independent analysis.
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Feds announce new limits on chokeholds and 'no-knock' warrants, but don't ban them
NBC News
The Justice Department on Sept. 14 announced new limits on chokeholds and no-knock warrants, but stopped short of banning the controversial law enforcement tactics that critics say have led to unnecessary deaths. Under the new policy, the department's law enforcement components, including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service, are prohibited from using the tactics except when they believe doing so would save them from death or serious injury.
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NYC's Rikers Island jail spirals into chaos amid pandemic
Associated Press
A spate of inmate deaths. Cellblocks unguarded. Staggering staffing shortages caused by AWOL guards. Detainees deprived of food and medical care.
New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, troubled by years of neglect, has spiraled into turmoil during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s not just inmates and advocates saying that. City officials, including the mayor, admit there are serious problems.
One jail watchdog called it “a complete breakdown in the operation of the jails.”
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Michigan doctor in female genital mutilation case part of secret network who cut girls, feds say
USA Today
A Michigan doctor may be the only physician on trial on charges of performing female genital mutilation on minor girls in the U.S., but she wasn't the only doctor who was cutting children, federal prosecutors disclosed Sept. 16. Rather, they said, Dr. Jumana Nagarwala was part of a secret network of physicians in a tight-knit Indian community who were cutting seven-year-old girls across the country for years as part of a religious obligation and cultural tradition that had mothers and daughters traveling all over for the procedure.
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For one group in child welfare, trauma is especially common
Ohio State News
While many parents and caregivers involved in the child welfare system suffered trauma as children, new research suggests that those with substance misuse issues as adults may have had particularly difficult childhoods.
The study found that scores assessing childhood trauma exposure among adults with substance misuse issues were 24 percent higher than previous estimates for other adults in the child welfare system, and 108 percent higher than the general population.
Not surprisingly, children in these families also have suffered more trauma. The study found that trauma scores of children aged 6-18 in families with substance misuse issues were 27 percent higher than scores for children involved in the juvenile justice system.
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Researchers link PTSD, anxiety fears in women with history of military sexual trauma
Veterans Affairs Research Communications via EurekAlert!
A new Veterans Affairs study finds a strong link between PTSD symptom severity and anxiety sensitivity among female Veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma. The researchers say treating the anxiety problem may be a way to ease core PTSD symptoms.
Anxiety sensitivity reflects a fear of physical sensations that accompany anxiety. A person with high levels of anxiety sensitivity may misinterpret normal bodily sensations, such as a racing heart in some situations, as an indicator of heart problems. Someone with low anxiety sensitivity would likely regard this sensation as uncomfortable but non-threatening.
The results appeared in the journal Military Psychology in September 2021.
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Sexual assault linked to later brain damage in women, study finds
CNN
Women who have been sexually assaulted have a higher risk of developing a type of brain damage that has been linked to cognitive decline, dementia and stroke, a new study found.
"It could be either childhood sexual abuse or adult sexual assault," said study author Rebecca Thurston, a professor and director of the Women's Biobehavioral Health Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health.
"Based upon population data, most women have their sexual assaults when they are in early adolescence and early adulthood," she added, "so these are likely early experiences that we're seeing the marks of later in life."
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UNH research finds witnessing abuse of sibling can lead to mental health issues
University of New Hampshire via Newswise
A national study from the University of New Hampshire shows children who witness the abuse of a brother or sister by a parent can be just as traumatized as those witnessing violence by a parent against another parent. Such exposure is associated with mental health issues like depression, anxiety and anger.
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Sex ed curriculum elevates pregnancy prevention skills among Native American teens
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health via Medical Xpress
A sex education program delivered in the setting of a two-week summer basketball camp in Arizona significantly impacted key factors associated with pregnancy prevention among Native American teens, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health show in a new study. The findings, published online September 16, 2021 in the American Journal of Public Health, show the program provides Native teens with effective skills to avoid both pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
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Can a history of sexual violence lead to heart problems later in life?
The North American Menopause Society via Medical Xpress
It is generally accepted in the medical industry that adverse psychosocial factors are linked to cardiovascular disease. A new study used quantitative meta-analysis, a type of statistical analysis that combines results across different studies on the same topic, to specifically investigate the association between sexual violence and CVD risk. Study results will be presented during The North American Menopause Society Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, September 22-25, 2021.
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