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CNN
The number of U.S. adolescents admitted to emergency rooms for injuries related to sexual abuse more than doubled between 2010 and 2016, according to a new study. For kids ages 12 to 17, the number increased from 2,280 in 2010 to 5,058 in 2016.
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, found that the number of emergency department admissions for child sexual abuse jumped from 5,138 in 2010 to 8,818 in 2016, an increase of more than 70 percent.
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The forensic nursing community has long known that the lack of expert Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) throughout the country has been a major barrier regarding attempts to increase the number of SANEs. Many nurses complete the didactic SANE course, but then find it difficult to identify an expert SANE in their clinical area who can then mentor them through their first exams with a patient who has been sexually assaulted. The mentor would then be available to them to answer their questions as they begin to accumulate their required hours and expertise in order to sit for the certification exam. For those nurses who do not have a SANE mentor where they work, there are clinical courses that are sometimes offered at a site where the nurse can attend a 2-3 day hands on experience in order to learn how to conduct an exam.
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CDC
Adverse childhood experiences, such as violence victimization, substance misuse in the household, or witnessing intimate partner violence, have been linked to leading causes of adult morbidity and mortality. Therefore, reducing adverse childhood experiences is critical to avoiding multiple negative health and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood.
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Task & Purpose
A new report from the Pentagon's Inspector General puts the severity of military sexual assault in a new context: It's more likely to result in post-traumatic stress disorder than going into combat. According to the IG's report — Top DoD Management Challeneges - Fiscal Year 2020 — 45 percent of women and 65 percent of men who reported being raped met criteria for PTSD, compared to 38.8 percent of men who had PTSD from experiencing combat.
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The Guardian
Britain has become the biggest government funder of programs to prevent violence against women and girls globally after launching a seven-year project targeting countries with some of the highest levels of abuse.
The £67.5m program will scale up projects that have already shown success in reducing violence across Africa and Asia, and will pilot and research new ideas to tackle the global crisis.
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American College of Surgeons via Medical Xpress
Among U.S. children who survive major trauma — bodily injuries severe enough to require a hospital stay — nearly three percent experience another sudden injury in the same year and nearly one in five of these repeated injuries is due to violence, according to new research findings presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2019.
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University of California - Los Angeles via Medical Xpress
Post-traumatic stress disorder in U.S. military members frequently follows a concussion-like brain injury. Until now, it has been unclear why. A UCLA team of psychologists and neurologists reports that a traumatic brain injury causes changes in a brain region called the amygdala; and the brain processes fear differently after such an injury.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology via EurekAlert!
In an effort to make hair comparison a more useful technique for investigating crimes, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new way to dissolve hair proteins without destroying them. Once in solution, the protein molecules from two hairs can be analyzed and compared, yielding objective, quantitative results.
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Medscape
Requests for diagnoses of sexually transmitted diseases from peers on a major social media platform have recently skyrocketed. Many requests have been for second opinions, according to a research letter published online November 5 in JAMA.
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