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Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion among American Indian and Alaska native women
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. via Medical Xpress
Among a group of American Indian and Alaska Native women interviewed, almost half reported experiencing reproductive coercion in their lifetime. Intimate partner violence and sexual violence contribute to a disproportionately high prevalence of poor reproductive and sexual health outcomes among American Indian and Alaska Native women, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Women's Health.
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NEW! Child Maltreatment Prevention: Essentials for the Forensic Nurse
Presented by Gail Hornor, DNP, CPNP, SANE-P
Child maltreatment is a serious problem with the potential for lifelong physical and mental health consequences, even death. Pediatric healthcare providers, especially forensic nurses, are uniquely positioned not only to identify potential victims of child maltreatment but also to prevent child maltreatment prior to its occurrence. Join us for this educational session to discuss practice level child maltreatment prevention interventions, both universal and targeted.
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Biden signs order to address 'crisis of violence' against Native Americans at White House summit
CNN
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Nov. 15 directing federal agencies, including the departments of Justice, Interior and Homeland Security, to create a strategy addressing what the President called a "crisis of violence" against Native Americans.
"Today, I'm directing federal officials to work with tribal nations on a strategy to improve public safety and advanced justice," Biden said at the White House's first-ever Tribal Leaders Summit.
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Decades-long gap in gun violence research funding has lasting impact
ACB News
Gun violence is an endemic problem in the United States – once again getting worse in some areas after many years of declines and persistent at high levels in others.
Despite being one of the leading causes of death, one thing that that's difficult to know is the scope of the problem, fueled in part by a more than a two-decade-long prohibition – recently changed – on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using federal funds to "advocate or promote gun control."
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Homicide is a top cause of maternal death in the United States
Nature
Pregnant women in the United States die by homicide more often than they die of pregnancy-related causes — and they’re frequently killed by a partner, according to a study published last month in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Researchers revealed this grim statistic by using death certificates to compare homicides and pregnancy-related deaths across the entire country for the first time.
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Forensic science advances mean US war fighters are no longer likely to be buried as 'unknown'
Military.com
Twenty-three years ago, then-Defense Secretary William Cohen publicly pondered whether any American warfighter would ever again need to be buried as an unidentifiable "unknown."
Cohen's rumination came after DNA testing conclusively identified the remains lying in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the Vietnam War as 1st Lt. Michael Blassie, a 24-year-old Air Force flyer shot down May 11, 1972, in South Vietnam. "It may be that forensic science has reached a point where there will be no other unknowns in any war," Cohen told reporters during a Pentagon briefing on June 30, 1998.
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Most sexual assault cases in Salt Lake, Utah counties stall in police departments. New research explains why
The Salt Lake Tribune
Just one in 10 sexual assault cases in Salt Lake and Utah counties end in a conviction, and police send less than half to a prosecutor to be considered for charges, according to new research into how law enforcement handles cases.
The study also found that suspects who were people of color in Utah County are nearly three times more likely to be charged than white assailants. And whether a victim was asleep and awakened to the assault is the greatest predictor in both counties of whether a case will be prosecuted, making it far more likely.
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Woman demands change after 'strange' spiking at nightclub, and she's not alone
CBS News
19-year-old student Sarah Buckle was out clubbing with her friends when something went terribly wrong.
"Apparently I started screaming and then throwing up and going unconscious and coming back around, and it was just this horrible cycle," Buckle told CBS News. "My friends, at this point, could tell: 'No, something's really, really wrong… She's not had too much to drink. This is something completely different,'" Buckle said.
Her friends took her to the hospital, where she woke up the next morning with no memory of what had happened the night before. Her hand was throbbing, and a bruise was developing with what looked like a needle prick in the middle.
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Gay, bisexual men have lower suicide risk in more tolerant countries
American Psychological Association via Medical Xpress
Gay and bisexual men who move from a country with high stigma toward LGBTQ people to one more accepting of LGBTQ rights experience a significantly lower risk of suicide and depression, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
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Bulletproof fingerprint technology takes images in the round
University of Nottingham via PhysOrg
Experts have developed a unique method for retrieving high resolution images of fingermarks from curved objects like bullet casings that offers greater detail and accuracy than traditional forensic methods.
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