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How far we have come! More than 25 years ago, 72 forward-thinking nurses founded IAFN. Today, IAFN proudly comprises over 4,000 members from 26 countries — and is the internationally recognized authority on forensic nursing.
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CNN
Rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia have climbed for the fourth consecutive year in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced at the National STD Prevention Conference in Washington.
Last year, nearly 2.3 million U.S. cases of these sexually transmitted diseases were diagnosed, according to preliminary data.
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Don't miss the newest version of the National Training Standards for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examiners, Second Edition (August 2018). The National Training Standards (2006) have been updated to include recommendations for training objectives and topics that will provide a blueprint for training examiners to provide specialized care to patients who have experienced sexual violence and abuse using the recommendations of both the Adult SAFE Protocol and Pediatric SAFE Protocol.
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The regular registration period for IAFN’s 2018 Conference ends September 21. Don’t miss out on this year’s great keynotes, workshops, sessions, poster presentations, and more. We can’t wait to see you in Reno!
On September 5, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, join presenters from the National TeleNursing Center (NTC) to learn how they piloted the use of Video Conferencing Technology (VCT) to support SANE/SAFE and emergency department clinicians caring for sexual assault patients across 3 states with diverse communities (tribal, rural, military). Free for IAFN Members. Register.
My ND Now
The American Academy of Nursing recently honored Jacquelyn Campbell PhD, RN, FAAN, as both an Academy Edge Runner and a Living Legend. Dr. Campbell is the creator of the Danger Assessment instrument, used to assist in assessing the level of danger in an intimate partner relationship. Her investigations into intimate partner homicide and other violence against women, as well as policy initiatives to improve the justice and health care system response, have paved the way for a growing body of interdisciplinary knowledge.
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My ND Now
Detective David Johnson with the Bismarck Police Department said people would be surprised to know how often he responds to sexual assault reports, and these cases are sensitive and difficult to handle.
Renée Cooper tells us about a special set of healthcare providers who handle the evidence and care for these victims immediately following, what is often, the most traumatic experience of their lifetime.
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devex
Thirty years ago, Henriette Jansen wouldn’t have guessed she would become a global authority on measuring violence against women. She began her career as an epidemiologist, first studying intestinal parasites in Colombia and later helping strengthen Zanzibar’s health management information system.
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reliefweb
Over 35 percent of women globally will face sexual and/or intimate partner violence in their lifetime. In humanitarian crises, levels of these and other forms of violence based on gender inequality (GBV for gender-based violence) grows more acute. The presence of armed actors, displacement, broken social and protective networks and lack of services create an environment where women are at acute risk.
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Science Magaizne
Self-injury mortality (SIM), a composite of all methods of suicide and estimated non-suicide deaths from drug self-intoxication, has surpassed diabetes as the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, prompting researchers to call for a new unified approach to SIM prevention. "It is time to end the siloed approach to prevention," said Hilary S. Connery, MD, PhD.
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Rolling Stone
For more than 25 years, Christy Mirack’s murder was shrouded in mystery — longer than the beloved Pennsylvania schoolteacher was alive. Mirack was found dead in her home just a few days before Christmas 1992, strangled and badly beaten, her clothes askew as if she had been sexually assaulted. The presents she had collected for her students were never delivered.
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NBC News
Mourners in this small town in northeast Montana, where a strip of appliance shops and bars are dwarfed by vast ranches, packed into a church this month to pray for Michael Lee.
A week earlier, Michael, a 13-year-old who dreamed of playing for the NFL, had killed himself in his family’s red clapboard home. At the funeral on Aug. 3, a row of Michael’s middle-school football teammates sat behind his relatives and friends, wearing maroon jerseys and white armbands with “R.I.P.” handwritten on them.
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Vox
It can feel shocking at first to hear stories of boys and men who were sexually assaulted by women. Our society tends to doubt male accusers, assuming that the man “must have wanted it,” or accept the myth that it’s not possible for a woman to rape a man.
That’s one reason it feels so jarring to hear that actress and filmmaker Asia Argento was accused of sexual assault by former co-star Jimmy Bennett
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NPR
For all the #MeToo allegations that have come pouring out in the past year, sexual assaults and harassment are still underreported. The vast majority of survivors never report what happened to them. But now "there's an app for that." Actually several.
While much of the focus to date has been on college campuses, developers are now bringing their high tech tools to the work place, hoping to encourage more reporting, and to hasten the identification of repeat offenders.
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KING-TV
As Washington state struggles to work through its rape kit backlog, estimated at 10,000 older kits, State Representative Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines and a team from Washington State Patrol traveled to Ohio this month to learn more about how that state cleared its rape kit backlog.
“Seven years ago, we literally had a call for all untested rape kits,” said Tom Stickrath, superintendent of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
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