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Pediatric Strangulation Case Review and Assessment Course (Abridged Version)
This abridged version of the IAFN Pediatric Strangulation Case Review and Assessment course increases your knowledge related to physical and mental health consequences of strangulation. In addition, you will obtain knowledge of performing a thorough pediatric strangulation assessment using strangulation-specific assessment tools and management of pediatric strangulation through participation in case review. Learn More.
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COVID-19 lockdowns drive spike in online child abuse
Medical Xpress
Out-of-school kids and adult predators spending more time at home and on the internet during the coronavirus pandemic is the "perfect storm" driving a spike in online child sex abuse around the world, activists and police say.
From slums in the Philippines to Australia's suburbs, the cross-border crime has mushroomed as offenders take advantage of school closures and lockdowns to reach children—either in person or via social media, gaming sites and the dark web.
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Social, behavioral modifications can be positive trigger to mitigating gun violence
West Virginia University via Medical Xpress
Large-scale behavior change is a critical component when it comes to mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, as one West Virginia University researcher points out, it can also be leveraged to address a separate, yet equally important, persistent public health crisis: gun violence in our nation's schools.
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EU privacy rule would rein in the hunt for online child sexual abuse
The New York Times
Privacy concerns in Europe have led to some of the world’s toughest restrictions on companies like Facebook and Google and the ways they monitor people online.
The crackdown has been widely popular, but the regulatory push is now entangled in the global fight against child exploitation, setting off a fierce debate about how far internet companies should be allowed to go when collecting evidence on their platforms of possible crimes against minors.
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Colorado domestic violence deaths spiked in 2019, when 70 people died in connection to abuse
The Denver Post
At least a dozen children in Colorado witnessed a loved one die in connection to domestic violence in 2019, which saw a spike in the number of people killed in the state in connection to domestic abuse.
At least 70 Coloradans died in domestic violence incidents in 2019, a 63% increase from the year before and above the five-year average of 50 a report released by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
Last year, 43 victims of domestic violence or those close to them were killed by abusive partners, according to the report. Twenty-seven abusers also died in connection to domestic violence, including in police shootings and by suicide.
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Study shows 329 people are injured by firearms in US each day, but for every death, two survive
Penn Medicine News
A new study by a team of researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health expands research on trends of fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries in the U.S. Their findings, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, show that between 2009-2017, there has been an average of 120,232 firearm injuries each year, or 329 per day, and that cases of nonfatal injury are twice as prevalent as deaths from firearms. The study signifies the importance of evaluating the impact of firearm prevention policies and strategies not just on injuries that ultimately result in death, but also the more common cases in which people survive after emergency care.
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Interplay between traumatic brain injury and intimate partner violence
BMC Women's Health
It is estimated that a majority of intimate partner violence victims suffer from blunt force to the head, neck and the face area. Injuries to head and neck are among the major causes for traumatic brain injury. In this interdisciplinary study, researchers aimed to characterize the key associations between IPV and TBI by mining de-identified electronic health records data with more than 12 million records between 1999 to 2017 from the IBM Explorys platform.
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Domestic violence peak body 'shocked' by volume of strangulation charges laid under new law in WA
ABC News
More than 70 people have been charged under Western Australia's new anti-strangulation laws in the first month and a half. The family violence legislation came into effect on October 1, and made it a specific offence to suffocate or strangle another person.
In a statement, WA police said 77 people had been charged with the offence as of late November, including at least four people in the Kimberley.
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How COVID test supply shortages could cause a 'public health crisis' of undiagnosed STIs
NBC News
Labs across the country have been facing dire shortages of supplies as the number of COVID-19 tests being processed has skyrocketed. But with so many supplies directed toward COVID-19 testing, it's increasingly becoming more difficult for patients to get an accurate diagnosis for sexually transmitted infections, common but serious illnesses like pneumonia and other potentially life-threatening infections.
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No 'one-size-fits-all solution' for children exposed to domestic violence, researchers say
Case Western Reserve University
Some of the most affected by domestic violence are also the youngest. Each year, more than 6% of all children in the United States are exposed to domestic violence and require intervention services from various agencies, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University surveyed 105 agencies throughout Ohio to better understand service, policy and research needs—and get feedback about potential strategies to protect children from intimate partner violence.
The study’s key findings yielded recommendations to include emotional and coping skills as vital parts of childhood education—not unlike how math and reading are incorporated into school curricula, according to the study’s co-author Kristen Berg, a postdoctoral researcher at the university’s School of Medicine and graduate of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
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Missouri authorities report 13 DNA hits after sending in untested rape kits to lab
KTTN-FM
Thirteen more CODIS “hits” have been returned as untested sexual assault kits continue to be tested and uploaded to CODIS, which stands for Combined DNA Index System. The hits, like the first round of hits, are from the Southwest Missouri extended area. Those untested sexual assault kits were inventoried and shipped to the lab for testing through the Attorney General’s SAFE Kit Initiative.
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