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As 2021 comes to a close, IAFN would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the Forensic Nurses News a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 6.
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Effects of head trauma from intimate partner violence largely unrecognized
Rutgers
From January: While there is an abundant amount of research about traumatic brain injuries in athletes and those serving in the military, the same data is scarce when it comes to concussions and head and neck injuries sustained due to intimate partner violence.
Carrie Esopenko, assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences in the Rutgers School of Health Professions says that the World Health Organization estimates that one in three women will experience intimate partner violence in her lifetime, and studies suggest that anywhere between 30 to 90 percent of women who experience physical abuse at the hands of an intimate partner experience head trauma. Yet not enough data is being collected to understand how this head trauma affects cognitive and psychological functioning as well as the underlying neural effects.
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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons - 2020
ReliefWeb
From February: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has released the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020. The report draws on data from 148 countries and explores issues of particular relevance in the current crisis, including the impact of socio-economic factors, drivers of child trafficking and trafficking for forced labor, and traffickers’ use of the internet.
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Study: Teen girls' suicide attempts up dramatically in pandemic
Medical Xpress
From June: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said June 11 that emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts by teenage girls rose significantly last year compared to 2019, highlighting the mental health impact of the pandemic.
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US pediatricians, psychiatrists declare 'emergency' in child mental health
HealthDAy News via U.S. News & World Report
From October: Fear, grief, uncertainty and isolation during the pandemic have triggered a national state of emergency in the mental health of America's youth, leading child health care groups warned Oct. 19. Youngsters already faced significant mental health challenges, and the pandemic has made them worse, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Children's Hospital Association. Together, they represent more than 77,000 physicians and more than 200 children's hospitals.
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Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs
Kaiser Health News
From January: Starting this month, most people with private insurance will no longer have to decide whether they can afford to protect themselves against HIV. Most health plans must begin to cover the drugs then without charging consumers anything out-of-pocket (some plans already began doing so last year).
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Children exposed to intimate partner violence twice as likely to have poorer health
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute via EurekAlert!
From April: A new study has found up to half of all children with language difficulties and mental and physical health problems have been exposed to intimate partner violence, prompting calls for health and social care services to provide more effective identification and early intervention.
The research, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and published in The BMJ, showed children exposed to intimate partner violence from infancy were twice as likely to have a psychiatric diagnosis, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and impaired language skills at age 10. They were also more likely to have asthma and sleep problems.
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Age matters in identifying maltreatment in infants and young children with fractures
Society for Academy Emergency Medicine via EurekAlert!
From January: Among children who were not in an independently verified incident, evaluation for child abuse should be done by specialty consultation in children aged less than three-years old presenting with rib fractures and children aged less than 18-months presenting with humeral or femoral fractures. That is the conclusion of a study to be published in the Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), a journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).
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Brain connectivity is lower in adults with PTSD or a history of sexual abuse
Medical University of South Carolina via EurekAlert!
From November: A study conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina in adults with a history of childhood maltreatment showed that two groups – those with a history of sexual abuse and those with posttraumatic stress disorder – had reduced brain connectivity in the attention systems known as the ventral and dorsal attention network. No such reduction was seen in adults with a history of physical abuse, nor in those who did not develop PTSD. The team, which was led by MUSC neuroscientist Jane Joseph, Ph.D., also showed that connectivity in the VAN-DAN systems increased after treatment with oxytocin, a hormone associated with social affiliations and the stress response. The team’s findings are published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
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