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Child abuse and neglect linked to early death in adulthood
UCL
Children who experience sexual or physical abuse or are neglected are more likely to die prematurely as adults, according to a new study analysing data from the 1950s to the present by researchers at UCL and the University of Cambridge.
The study, published in BMJ Open, found that adults who reported experiencing sexual abuse by the age of 16 had a 2.6 times higher risk of dying in middle age – that is, between 45 and 58 – than those who did not report sexual abuse.
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.FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES
The IAFN2021 Virtual Conference Registration Has Been Extended!
Join us for this year's virtual conference, offering dozens of recorded sessions available in six tracks, plus poster sessions, keynotes, exhibitors, and more! Register by October 29. Complete the conference offerings on your own timeline from October 1 through November 30, 2021. New live sessions have been added! 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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Survivors of domestic violence and abuse more likely to contract COVID-19
News-Medical
Women with general practitioner-recorded exposure to domestic abuse or violence were at an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 during the first two waves of the pandemic in the UK, finds a new study led by the University of Birmingham.
The researchers are calling for changes to public health policy to improve domestic violence and abuse surveillance and to ensure promotion and prioritization COVID-19 vaccination to the survivors.
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Rapists can request custody in many states. Arizona is the latest to make it harder
The Lily
Arizona is about to enact a law that would make it easier for women to terminate paternity rights if they are impregnated as the result of a rape.
The new law, which took effect Sept. 29, ends those rights without requiring a criminal conviction of a rape or assault, using the highest civil standard of “clear and convincing evidence” instead.
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Some universities making rape kits easier to get
Next City
Prior to this year, University of Wisconsin-Madison students previously had just one place in the county to go to get a sexual assault forensic exam (otherwise known as a rape kit)—a local emergency room. That’s changed thanks to a recent grant that Dr. Kate Walsh, a professor of psychology and gender studies and head of the university’s Sexual Violence Research Initiative, got to bring forensic nurses onto campus.
“The concept of having forensic nurses on campus is a great one in the sense that it’s one of the highest risk populations for sexual assaults,” says Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, chief executive officer of the International Association of Forensic Nurses. How many other colleges have on-site forensic nurses? That’s also unclear — “there’s no mandated data collection,” Pierce-Weeks says, but is likely rare.
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Murders rose sharply in 2020, but data is lacking across much of the country
CNN
The FBI released its annual Uniform Crime Report for 2020 on Sept. 27, showing that the number of homicides increased nearly 30 percent from 2019, the largest single-year increase the agency has recorded since it began tracking these crimes in the 1960s.
The report, which is on par with preliminary numbers that were reported over the summer, also shows a five percent increase in violent crime between 2019 and 2020. Overall crimes reported by the FBI decreased by about six percent between 2019 and 2020.
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Preventing long-term effects of traumatic brain injury
National Science Foundation
You've been in a car accident and sustained a head injury. You recovered, but years later have difficulty sleeping. You also become very sensitive to noise and bright light and find it hard to carry out daily activities or perform well on the job.
This is a common situation after a traumatic brain injury -- many people experience negative side effects months or years later. These long-term effects can last a few days or the rest of a person's life.
"No therapies currently exist to prevent the disabilities that can develop after a brain trauma," said Jeanne Paz, a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded scientist at Gladstone Institutes. "Understanding how the traumatic brain injury affects the brain, especially in the long term, is a really important gap in research that could help develop new and better treatment options."
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Can better gun safety practices improve teen suicide rates?
Georgia State University
A new study conducted by Georgia State University researchers examining the risks of adolescent suicide by guns found that the teens did not display typical suicidal behaviors. These findings increase the need for strong gun safety measures in homes where teenagers live.
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HPV infection tied to higher odds of premature delivery
HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report
Pregnant women infected with certain strains of human papillomavirus may have a heightened risk of preterm birth, a new study suggests. Researchers found that, of 899 pregnant women, those infected with the strains throughout pregnancy were almost four times more likely to deliver prematurely as uninfected women were. Premature births occur before the 37th week of pregnancy.
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Autopsies on hold: Why we need more medical examiners
Discover Magazine
It’s been said that the dead can wait, but as a practical matter, they really can’t, not indefinitely. Yet cities like Los Angeles and Austin have had to rent refrigerated tractor trailers to store bodies. Why? Because medical examiner offices are understaffed and overloaded.
The bodies in those trailers, and in places in other cities, are waiting to be evaluated by a forensic pathologist. There simply aren't enough of them to do the work, and a surge in homicides and accidental drug overdoses are pushing medical examiners’ offices across the country past capacity.
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Heritage imprint: How Argentina revolutionized forensics
Axios
Argentina gave the world an important tool to solve crimes: A system that would allow investigators to use fingerprints to crack a case.
Argentine police official Juan Vucetich, expanding on British research, created the first fingerprint identification system in 1892, and in doing so introduced the role of biometric data in crime-solving. More than a hundred years later, fingerprints remain a powerful addition to the forensic toolbox.
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