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Penn Nursing
Firearm violence is a significant public health problem worldwide. In the United States, firearms are used to kill almost 100 people daily. Yet despite the staggering impact of firearm violence, there is limited research directed at preventing or addressing its impact on individuals, families and communities.
An article from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Penn Injury Science Center frames firearm violence as a health and public policy problem and shows how nurses are in a prime position to understand the complex factors leading to firearm violence and investigate how to reduce its frequency and impact. The article has been published in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship.
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International Association of Forensic Nurses CEO, Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, attended the United Nations session on Practical Solutions to Eradicating Human Trafficking. The session included morning remarks by a survivor of human trafficking and dignitaries from Malta, Ireland, Argentina, Lichtenstein, the Philippines, the UK, and the U.S. In the afternoon, the group began a discussion to lay the groundwork to form a focus driven anti-human trafficking worldwide group to strengthen, raise the level and professionalize the international response to eradicating human trafficking. (Jen’s remarks begin at 28:40).
Members – Make your plans now to join us in Washington DC on Feb. 12, 2019 for our annual Forensic Nursing Advocacy Day.
The Journal of Forensic Nursing is currently seeking original articles, review papers, and case reports for a special issue dedicated to trauma informed care, to be published in 2019. Researchers, clinicians, educators, and others whose work interfaces social justice, violence, issues in criminal justice, healthcare systems and forensic nursing are invited to submit articles. All submissions must explicitly address trauma-informed policies and/or practices.
On Nov. 6, Democrats took back the majority in the House of Representatives, giving them a check on the ability of Republicans and the White House to move federal legislation. What will this mean for forensic nurses and the issues IAFN members care about? We are not likely to know for a while, but it is clear healthcare played a big role in this election and the American people are engaged.
Voters in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah approved ballot measures that will make more people eligible for Medicaid, marking an expansion of health coverage after years of opposition to health care reform by Republican lawmakers. That brings to 37 the number of states that have decided to offer Medicaid coverage to more low-income adults, expanding the coverage rolls by some 84,000.
In the 116th Congress, Democrats will take leadership roles on key health care committees. Read More.
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The Washington Post
At first, Judy Melinek didn’t know how to respond when she learned about a National Rifle Association tweet last week telling doctors who dared enter the gun debate “to stay in their lane.”
But two days later, when the West Coast forensic pathologist was on her way to the morgue to examine the body of one of the country’s many forgotten gunshot victims, the words came to her.
“Do you have any idea how many bullets I pull out of corpses weekly? This isn’t just my lane,” she tweeted recently. “It’s my [expletive] highway.”
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Canadian Medical Association Journal via Medical Xpress
People who experience major injuries requiring hospital admission, such as car crashes and falls, are at substantially increased risk of being admitted to hospital for mental health disorders, found a study in CMAJ. As well, they are at much higher risk of suicide than people without such injuries.
"Major trauma was associated with a 40 percent increased rate of hospital admission for one or more mental health diagnoses," writes Dr. Christopher Evans, Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, with coauthors. "The most common mental health diagnoses were alcohol abuse, other drug abuse disorders and major depressive disorders."
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Scienmag
Approximately 20 percent of homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age in the United States may be related to intimate partner violence, a fact that is currently underreported by the National Violent Death Reporting System, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The findings were presented at the American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting in San Diego on Nov. 12, 2018.
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PhysOrg
A team led by UC Davis researchers have come up with a new way to estimate the biological sex of human skeletal remains based on protein traces from teeth.
Estimating the sex of human remains is important for archaeologists who want to understand ancient societies and peoples. Researchers can measure features of bones that differ between males and females, usually the pelvis. But skeletons of children and adolescents don't show these structural changes, and often sites may only yield a few pieces of bone.
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NPR
When public health officials get wind of an outbreak of Hepatitis A or influenza, they spring into action with public awareness campaigns, monitoring and outreach. But should they be acting with equal urgency when it comes to childhood trauma?
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the answer should be yes.
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Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières teams have treated 2,600 victims of sexual violence between May 2017 and September 2018 in Kananga Provincial Reference Hospital in Kasai Central province, Democratic Republic of Congo. 80 percent of these patients said that their attackers were armed men, an alarming aspect of the increased violence in the Kasai region over the last year and a half.
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Popular Science
It’s not always easy to correctly identify blood at a crime scene. That was the case in a murder trial that Bruce McCord, a forensic chemist at Florida International University, served as an expert witness in. A woman was murdered shortly after she went through a divorce, and DNA from her ex-husband was found on her body. But it was hard to tell if the DNA was the result of innocent contact between the two, or if it was incriminating, and came from blood.
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NPR
Around the world, one in three women experiences domestic violence. How can it be reduced? New research is bringing unexpected insights into this problem — and its potential solutions.
A study accepted for publication this month by the Review of Economics and Statistics found that, in Bangladesh, improving the economic status of women can decrease domestic violence if the women also took part in an educational program that helped elevate their social standing in the community.
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unladylike
This is not another depressing story about the rape kit backlog. Instead, unladylike hero and sexual assault nurse examiner Trisha Sheridan tells Cristen and Caroline everything we didn't know we needed to know about what's in a rape kit and how these forensic tools could restore consent, dignity and justice to patients. Plus, we discover the surprising funding source for America's first rape kits.
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University of Victoria
When brilliant minds come together, tough problems get solved. Just ask Island Health, which now has a new way to address an issue affecting hundreds of vulnerable Vancouver Island residents after a team led by international business students in the Sardul S. Gill Graduate School at UVic’s Gustavson School of Business cracked the case.
Collaboration was a key element at the first Victoria Health Hackathon this fall. UVic biomedical engineer Stephanie Willerth organized the weekend event specifically to bring together diverse people with wideranging experiences and expertise for 24 heated hours, tackling one of five health-related problems.
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