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IAFN2020 Virtual Conference Registration Has Been Extended
The IAFN2020 Virtual Conference is now open and registration has been extended! Now more than ever, forensic nursing professionals must come together to innovate, collaborate, and focus on the future. Through the new virtual exhibit hall and a variety of educational and networking opportunities, we will create, learn, and connect. Join us for a one-of-kind learning experience! Registration ends October 2.
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Support the IAFN Foundation
The IAFN Foundation will be hosting a raffle, silent auction, and trivia night during this year’s IAFN2020 virtual conference. The IAFN Foundation's silent auction opens October 1! Don't forget to bid on your favorite items for a chance to win. All proceeds from this event will go to the IAFN Foundation to raise and distribute funds in the form of scholarships for nurses in need of assistance to acquire forensic education. Learn more.
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New State Protocols Available!
Resources include:
- State sexual assault protocols
- SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) protocols
- Contact information for the Statewide SANE Coordinators
- Mandatory reporting laws
- And so much more!
Learn more.
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Seeking Clinical Skills Training?
Check out these opportunities with our NEW interactive map! IAFN has approved these facilities to provide 2-day Clinical Skills Training courses. All facilities set their own dates, times, and fees for training independent of the Association. Learn more.
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As COVID-19 exposes the fault lines of gender equality, a strong focus on violence against women at the UN General Assembly
UN Women
With alarming rise of domestic violence reports during the pandemic lockdowns from millions of women worldwide, UN Women convened a high-level meeting on Sept. 29 with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Member States, UN agencies, activists, the private sector and philanthropies. The spotlight was on the urgent need for targeted investments, commitments and innovative new ways of tackling the exponential increase in gender-based violence around the world since the onset of COVID-19.
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Gender-based violence during lockdown: media reports may have missed the true picture
Northumbria University Newcastle
The ability of gender-based violence victims to access support services during the COVID-19 lockdown has not been accurately portrayed in the media, with potentially damaging consequences, according to new research.
Within days of lockdown restrictions coming into force in the UK in March this year, reports began circulating in the media of a huge rise in demand for telephone helpline services provided by charities working with victims of gender-based violence.
However, research by academics at Northumbria University reveals that, while some services did experience an increase in calls, around twice as many actually reported an initial drop in contact from service users.
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Savanna's Act addresses alarming number of missing or killed Native women
NPR
Last week, the House passed Savanna's Act, a bill that requires the Department of Justice to strengthen training, coordination, data collection and other guidelines related to cases of murdered or missing Native Americans. It aims to address the alarming number of cases involving Native women.
Former North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp first introduced the bill in 2017. It passed the Senate earlier this year and President Trump is expected to sign it into law.
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Child mortality continues to fall
Axios
New data shows the mortality rate for children under five is continuing to fall, as improvements in nutrition and health reduce the earliest and most tragic deaths. The continued decline in the youngest deaths is one of humanity's greatest victories, but the COVID-19 pandemic puts some of that progress in danger.
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Elder abuse and ageism during COVID-19
Psychiatric Times
Older adults have been hit hard by COVID-19. Mortality data from Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service indicates a risk of mortality of 3.6 percent for people in their 60s, which increases to 8.0% and 14.8 percent for people in their 70s and over 80s. An age-related mortality study from China showed that patients of COVID-19 above aged 55 years had 3 times increased mortality. Older individuals are much more likely to develop COVID-19 related complications. The increased mortality reflects the underlying biological, social, and psychological vulnerabilities faced by the older population. Elderly individuals are also disproportionately affected by social distancing policies and other restrictions to stop the spread of the virus, resulting in increased loneliness, social isolation, and loss of freedom and support networks.
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Domestic violence law signals hope for Kuwait's women
Human Rights Watch
This month, after years of activism, Kuwaiti women’s rights activists won a new law establishing protections against domestic violence. The need for this law was underscored on September 9 when Fatima al-Ajmi, aged 35 and pregnant, was shot repeatedly and killed, reportedly by a family member for marrying a man outside of her family’s community. Her killer had reportedly threatened her before.
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Survivors of domestic abuse told to keep quiet about it in court or risk jeopardizing child custody
CBC
Parental alienation is a concept that is increasingly used in family law. It refers to the process of one parent turning a child against the other and actively seeking to undermine the relationship in the context of a hostile separation.
But some legal advocates are warning the concept is being weaponized as a way to prevent survivors of domestic violence from talking about it in child custody cases.
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ANCC responds to joint statement from AAEM and AAEM/RSA on proprietary use of terms
ANA Enterprise
The American Nurses Credentialing Center, the largest credentialing body for registered nurses (RN) and advanced practice registered nurses in the U.S., is troubled by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association's attempt to assert control over use of the terms “residency,” “fellow,” and “fellowship”. Doing so is out of step with interprofessional collaboration and seeks to promote archaic thinking that nursing practice is subservient to medical practice. The truth is that interprofessional education and practice improves patient safety and drives positive health outcomes. This attempt to dictate the use of terms only serves to create confusion for patients and administrators, and barriers and restrictions for nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health care professionals. Rather than engage in a debate over commonly used terms and assertion of control, ANCC encourages a renewed focus on interprofessional collaboration in service of delivering high quality patient care.
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Age restrictions for handguns make little difference in homicides
Science Magazine
In the United States, individual state laws barring 18- to 20-year-olds from buying or possessing a handgun make little difference in the rate of homicides involving a gun by people in that age group, a new University of Washington study has found.
“The central issue is that there’s a very high degree of informal access to firearms, such as through family members or illicit channels,” said Caitlin Moe, the study’s lead author and a PhD student in epidemiology in the UW School of Public Health. “And we can’t address that kind of availability with age limits.”
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