Violence in Medical News

Verizon and California Partnership to End Domestic Violence Launch Program to Help Victims Protect Themselves by Using Technology

... Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- California domestic violence prevention advocates will learn how to use the ... by the California Partnership to End Domestic violence (CPEDV) and Verizon. The program, funded ... arm of Verizon, is designed to teach domestic violence advocates about the use of new technology. Armed ...

Cooperation Between Faith-Based Organizations and UNFPA Critical to Maternal Health, Say Groups

... efforts to reduce maternal deaths and end violence against women. Representatives of more ... support for work to reduce maternal death and end violence against women. To facilitate successful ... on issues such as maternal health and violence against women. They called for user-friendly, ...

Screening May Not Lessen Domestic Violence

... Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Screening for domestic violence in doctors' offices, clinics and hospitals does ... Of the 3,271 women who completed a domestic violence screening questionnaire before seeing their ... health outcomes. Both groups used domestic violence services at about the same rate, the study found. ...

Governor Eliminates Funding to Domestic Violence Programs

... the Department of Public Health's Domestic violence Program, which provides $20.4 million for 94 domestic violence shelters and centers. Services provided ... to close. "State funding to domestic violence programs has been proven to save lives, and also ...

Verizon Wireless Kicks Off Wireless Phone Recycling Drive to Benefit Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh

... four American women will be a victim of domestic violence at some point during her life. Through its ... its commitment to ending the epidemic of domestic violence by holding a one-month phone collection drive at ... and other contributions to non-profit domestic violence shelters and prevention programs across the ...

More Than Half of Emergency Department Nurses Have Been Physically Assaulted at Work, New Study Finds

... of emergency nurses report experiencing physical violence on the job, including as being "spit on," "hit," ... and "kicked." One in four has experienced such violence more than 20 times in the past three years. Just ... More than half of the nurses surveyed for violence Against Nurses Working in U.S. Emergency ...

Sexist jokes favor the mental mechanisms that justify violence against women

... favour the mental mechanisms which urge to violence and battering against women in individuals with ... of situation. They are more tolerant with violence The work proved that those who had listened to ... humour showed a previous tendency to tolerate violence against women, as we can gather from a survey ...

Domestic Violence Expert Comments on Chris Brown Plea Deal

... Statement of Esta Soler, President, Family violence Prevention Fund SAN FRANCISCO, June 22 ... deal reached today in Los Angeles in the domestic violence case involving Chris Brown and Rihanna is not an ... that will now be available to help him renounce violence going forward. "This case is a chilling ...

When Parents Fight, Children Often End Up With Scars

... (HealthDay News) --Adults who witnessed parental violence while growing up are more likely to suffer mental ... depression, as well as their experiences with violence against children, intimate partner violence, ... parents, and 16 percent said they'd witnessed violence between their parents, according to the report ...

Center for Reproductive Rights Deeply Saddened by Murder of Dr. George Tiller

... increasingly are faced with other forms of violence and harassment, including destruction of personal ... state laws are inadequate to deter many forms of violence and harassment directed at him and his family, ... he is a frequent target for harassment and violence by anti-abortion extremists and politicians ...

Verizon Employees at Five Locations in West Virginia Donate Nearly $7,000 Worth of Household Items to Local Domestic Violence Shelters

... worth of items to donate to five local domestic violence shelters during a 12-day Shower for the Shelter ... clothing and household items for local domestic violence shelters. In all, nearly 200 shelters across the ... a Shower for the Shelter drive for domestic violence survivors is another way our employees are making ...

New Illinois Prosecution Unit Helps Protect Women Against Violence

... state prosecution agency to help combat domestic violence and sexual assault across Illinois. Under ... to help 20 counties improve their response to violence against women. Flanked by four state's ... "This grant is giving counties the tools to fight violence against women. It is a targeted and intelligent ...

AVA Kicks Off 'Sowing Seeds' Scientific Assembly to Promote Better Training of Healthcare Professionals

... Minn., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy on violence and Abuse (AVA) launches its 2009 biennial ... promote research on the far-reaching impacts of violence and abuse. Last week, the AVA released a ... Costs in Health Care: The Economic Impact of violence and Abuse," which demonstrated that adults ...

Witnessing violence affects kids' health

... School-aged children who witness violence in urban communities show symptoms of ... team examined the impact of exposure to community violence on physiological markers of stress response in ... Mothers rated their child's exposure to community violence (e.g. hearing gunshots, witnessing or ...

Children's National Unveils Display to Raise Awareness of Violence Against Youth

... depict powerful messages about the impacts of violence Washington, D.C. ... Project depicts their messages about ending violence against youth. The display is hosted by the Teen ... is a powerful reminder of the negative impact violence has on our children," said Allison Jackson, ...

Increased symptoms lead mentally disordered to become victims of violence

... higher rates of victimization than they have of violence commission, which I think is counter to the ... Teasdale analyzed data from the MacArthur violence Risk Assessment Study, a longitudinal study of ... interviewed every 10 weeks for one year about violence committed against them, stress, symptoms and ...

Selecciones Magazine Names Lucero and Laura Posada as Supermamas of 2009

... Olivia Alvarez pg. 53 Extreme poverty, domestic violence and two breast cancer surgeries have not been ... the globe to bring international attention to the violence against women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico -- and the ... a support group to help families affected by the violence to pull through. About Selecciones: ...

NSVRC Honors 12 Individuals With Award for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

... 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Sexual violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is pleased to announce ... state, tribal, or territory anti-sexual violence coalitions and represent a wide range of ... provides resources and information on sexual violence to rape crisis centers, state, territory and ...

From the ethics of Dr. Frankenstein to preventing cardiovascular disease

... management of environment-related illness. violence in Your Patients' Lives: You Can Make a ... 8:15 a.m., room 201 B How common is domestic violence among patients? What is the role of the internist in domestic violence intervention? What is the impact of the ...

Health-Care Costs Go Up, and Stay Up, for Abused Women

... Domestic violence carries 'substantial financial price,' study ... physical and emotional pain it causes, domestic violence also comes with a substantial financial price," ... Rural Assistance Center has more about domestic violence . -- Kevin ...

Break the Cycle Releases '2009 State-By-State Teen Dating Violence Report Card'

... ), the nation's leading non-profit teen dating violence prevention organization, today announces the results of their "2009 State-by-State Teen Dating violence Report Card" that grades each state's laws on their ability to protect victims of teen dating violence seeking protection orders against their abusers. ...

Detecting Potentially Violent Behavior in the Workplace

... and co-workers: Workplace violence costs businesses in excess of $50 billion ... with the workplace. These recent incidents of violence only serve to highlight the tensions between ... signs of potentially violent behavior. Workplace violence is defined as any action that may threaten the ...

Physical abuse raises women's health costs over 40 percent

... physical and emotional pain it causes, domestic violence also comes with a substantial financial price," ... based on the timing and type of domestic violence that women suffer, Bonomi said. The study, ... giving us a good picture of how much domestic violence is actually costing our health care system," ...

Dating Abuse Affects One in Five Teens

... the leading publisher of evidence-based violence prevention programs for students in first grade ... understands the significance of preventing dating violence and has published Safe Dates , the only ... Rodney Hammond, director of the CDC's division of violence prevention, stated, "Reducing dating abuse ...

NJHA, McNamara and Associates Inc. Team Up to Provide Strategies for Controlling Workplace Violence

... services to its member hospitals for controlling violence in the healthcare environment. The deal comes on the heels of The violence Prevention in Health Care Facilities Act, which ... follow the Act's requirements by conducting violence risk assessments and creating a ...

Leading Domestic Violence Expert Comments on New Developments in the Rihanna/Chris Brown Case

... is a statement of Esta Soler, President, Family violence Prevention Fund: "Sadly, the alleged violent ... -- women and girls in every community experience violence every day. While there are many unanswered ... disturbing. As with all dating and domestic violence cases, the criminal justice system has an ...

AFRAID TO GO HOME, A Novel About Violence Against Women, Released By Tristan/Isolde Publishing

... that I wanted to de-bunk the myth that domestic violence is primarily a problem of minorities and youth." The episodes of violence depicted in the book are drawn from both ... themselves, but often by the perpetrators of the violence who wanted to "confess" what they had done. ...

Video: Avon Commits Over $1.75 Million for New Partnerships to End Violence Against Women

... Contributions to the UN Trust Fund to End violence Against Women Award-Winning Actress Reese ... -- One in three women worldwide experience violence in their lifetime(1), and in the U.S., a woman is ... announced meaningful new efforts to eradicate violence against women and help ensure justice for all ...

Avon Foundation Convened Breast Cancer Experts in Miami to Address Prevention Strategies at Annual Forum

... to be a leader in the breast cancer and domestic violence causes worldwide. Through 2008, Avon philanthropy ... medical research. The Speak Out Against Domestic violence initiative was launched in 2004, focusing on ... free printable breast cancer and domestic violence literature, can be found at ...

Triple threat to health

... women who have experienced high levels of family violence throughout their lives are more likely to suffer ... overall health, examining the effect of family violence in this particular demographic group is ... can span across the spectrum of intimate partner violence to other types of abuse later on in life. ...

Mental Illness Doesn't Predict Violent Behavior

... illness but no substance abuse or a history of violence weren't any more likely than any other person in ... years, the study found. But the risk for future violence reached the level of statistical significance ... shows that a link between mental illness and violence does exist, but it's not as strong as most people ...

Certain Facial Injuries Point to Domestic Violence

... Between 88 percent and 94 percent of domestic violence victims seek medical attention for injuries to ... facial fractures. "Because intimate partner violence accounts for 34 percent to 73 percent of all ... these victims and refer them to local domestic violence service programs for safety planning, information ...

Game, Not Gore, Keeps Video Players Playing

... -- It's the challenge of a video game, not the violence or gore it depicts, that keeps players playing, a ... Bulletin , contradicts the popular notion that violence adds to the gaming experience. "For the vast ... those who regularly play and enjoy violent games, violence was not a plus," study lead author Andrew ...

Preventing the Next Virginia Tech -- The National Behavioral Intervention Team Association Launched Today

... shootings are ever more frequent. Workplace violence is commonplace. Yet, violence is often preventable. Those who intend to act ... planning. In the wake of increasing shootings and violence across the country, behavioral intervention teams ...

Study: Most young violent offenders in two NYC neighborhoods have seen someone killed

... The results show how lifelong exposure to violence may lead some inner-city youth to accept violence as a normal way to deal with some problems, said ... was based on data from The New York City Youth violence Study, which Wilkinson helped lead. The unique ...

January/February 2009 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

... Conditions Associated with Intimate Partner violence Screening for intimate partner violence among 1,026 men seen in an urban emergency ... indicated 37 percent experienced intimate partner violence in their relationships 20 percent disclosed ...

Abused women seek more infant health care, MU study finds

... Pregnant women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) before, during or after pregnancy often ... found that women who experience intimate partner violence are more likely to seek health care for their ... percent of women who experienced intimate partner violence sought health consultations for their infants. ...

PAHEF Works to Prevent Violence Against Women

... On this International Day for the Elimination of violence against Women , the Pan American Health and ... (PAHEF) is proud of the impact of its Global violence Prevention project. The project has advanced awareness within the global health community that violence is preventable. As part of the ...

MU researcher calls for increase in sexual assault awareness programs on college campuses

... and sexual assault. The Relationship and Sexual violence Prevention (RSVP) Center is a comprehensive ... Giles, Coordinator of the Relationship and Sexual violence Prevention Center at MU. "The RSVP center ... educational efforts focus on the fact that sexual violence on a college campus is not just the survivors' ...

Parents of Murdered Dating Violence Victim, Legislators, and Teachers Unite to Launch 'MADE' - Moms and Dads for Education to Stop Teen Dating Abuse

... -- Today, advocates for teen dating violence education from across the country are coming ... a curriculum about preventing dating relationship violence and abuse. NAAG President, Rhode Island ... state to encourage legislation for teen dating violence education. "It is time for all parents to ...