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Throughout her career as a clinical instructor, researcher, assistant professor, and — most recently — mobile app developer, Rebecca has been committed to improving outcomes for patients with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses who are speech vulnerable. Available for use on iPads and Android tablets, Rebecca’s Speak for Myself® app helps patients communicate pain, fear, anxiety, and loneliness with their healthcare providers, and allows patients to make requests regarding physical needs, such as using the restroom.
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We are pleased to announce IAFN’s collaboration with Springer Publishing Company to author IAFN Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Certification: A Guide to the SANE-A® and SANE-P® Exams. This book will prepare nurses to sit for either or both of the SANE board certification exams and will include at least 300 test questions. We are currently looking for SANE-certified contributing writers. Members — Learn more.
IAFN is excited to have been part of the creation of the new Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Toolkit. It contains thousands of resources on over 80 topics directly related to multidisciplinary teams.
If you’re thinking about attending IAFN’s 2018 Conference, register now before the regular registration period ends on September 21. On-site registration will NOT be available. Don’t miss out on this year’s great keynotes, workshops, sessions, poster presentations, and more. Seats are still available in our post-conference Pediatric Strangulation workshop. We can’t wait to see you in Reno!
Join IAFN’s SAFEta/KIDSta projects for a webinar on October 3 at 3:30 pm Eastern. After reviewing the historical relevance of the National Training Standards and outlining the foundational documents used to develop them, the webinar will describe the recommendations contained with the Revised National Training Standards for adult/adolescent and pediatric sexual assault medical forensic examiners. Register Today.
The IAFN Foundation is seeking applications from IAFN members to serve on the Foundation Board of Directors. If you are energetic, passionate, and dedicated, please login, learn more and complete the online application here. Please apply by October 31, 2018.
NPR
When researchers first discovered a link in the late 1990s between childhood adversity and chronic health problems later in life, the real revelation was how common those experiences were across all socioeconomic groups.
But the first major study to focus on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) was limited to a single healthcare system in San Diego. A study published in JAMA Pediatrics — the largest nationally representative study to date on ACEs — confirms that these experiences are universal, yet highlights some disparities among socioeconomic groups.
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CNN
Some schoolgirls in the United Kingdom have been pressured by their peers into undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), according to FGM survivor and campaigner Leyla Hussein, Britain's Press Association reported.
Hussein, who founded the Dahlia Project in 2013 to help other survivors, said that she has spoken with many young women who say they feel vulnerable to becoming a victim to a crime that is still seen by many as a cultural practice or tradition, rather than a violent sexual offense, PA said.
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Medical Xpress
The recent death of chef and documentarian Anthony Bourdain sparked widespread media attention and a broader cultural discussion about depression and impulsive suicide, especially among middle-aged men. With the nation marking National Suicide Prevention Week this week, the conversation seems more relevant than ever, considering that men account for a staggering 80 percent of suicides, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. What's more, the highest rates of suicide in recent years have been among those who are 45 to 54 years old.
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CBC
Victims of sexual assault in Sydney, N.S., will have new treatment services available to them beginning Monday.
The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program, also known as SANE, is being expanded to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. It is being launched by the Every Woman's Centre.
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Medical Xpress
In a new analysis of data submitted to Maryland's state trauma registry from 2005 to 2017, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that gunshot victims are approximately five times more likely to require blood transfusions, they require 10 times more blood units and are 14 times more likely to die than people seriously injured by motor vehicles, non-gun assaults, falls or stabs.
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Science Magazine
Thirty countries together committed more than USD 4 billion in development aid to address modern slavery, forced labour, human trafficking and child labour between 2000 and 2013, according to a new report released by United Nations University.
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Nurse.com
One out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime and about 3% of American men — or 1 in 33 — have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. And from 2009-2013, Child Protective Services agencies substantiated, or found strong evidence to indicate that, 63,000 children a year were victims of sexual abuse.
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Healthcare Finance
More than twice as many hospitals have experienced physical violence incidents as compared to hacking and cyberattacks, according to a research study among top security directors at healthcare facilities.
The report shows 47 percent of survey respondents reported an increase over last year in physical violence while only 21 percent cited an increase in external hacking attacks.
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