Self-collection following rape: an integrative literature review - Speck PM, Ekroos RA, Faugno DK, Johnson JL, Sievers V, Mitchell SA.
The forensic nurse purports a trauma informed and person-centered approach, focusing on the health needs of the patient with a rape experience. Timing of evidence collection recently expanded, but with passing time, DNA detection decreases. One solution pr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Epidemiological pattern of rape cases managed at a regional hospital in South Africa - Egenasi CK, Benedict MA, Adefuye AO, Madu LU.
BACKGROUND: South Africa has one of the highest incidences of rape globally. Understanding the epidemiological pattern of rape is needed to inform the design of effective intervention programmes for rape prevention and management of alleged rape cases. AIM... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Enhancing child sexual abuse prevention knowledge with an educational toolkit -evaluation of the Chinese Doll Program - Xu K, Fu J, Yang J.
This study outlines a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Low-dose PEM shows promise in breast cancer detection
Low-dose positron emission mammography (PEM) can detect invasive breast cancer in a feasible manner, according to research published February 9 in Radiology: Imaging Cancer.
A team led by Vivianne Freitas, MD, from the University of Toronto found that PEM performed comparably to MRI in breast cancer detection and could serve as a supplemental imaging method for evaluating dense breasts.
"This groundbreaking imaging technique presents a compelling alternative, mirroring the clinical utility of traditional mammography and MRI but utilizing considerably lower doses of radiation when compared with previously molecular breast...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 9, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
65 000 rape-related pregnancies took place in US states with abortion bans - Harris E.
Of the 14 US states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, 5 allow exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape. But even these exceptions fail to grant the abortion access that they promise, resulting in rape-related preg... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The background factors and reality of domestic abuse faced by high-income women: an online survey in Japan - Wang Z, Sekiyama T.
This study aimed to examine the prevalence and factors influencing domestic abuse victimization among high-income women in Japan, including physical, psychological, economic, and sexual abuse. The background factors and reality of domestic abuse faced by h... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Violent online groups are pressuring youth into harming themselves, authorities warn
Authorities in Canada and the U.S. are warning the public about violent online groups that deliberately target vulnerable minors and pressure them into recording or livestreaming self-harm and producing child sexual abuse material. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
Empirically assessing the effectiveness of the pathways programme: an online self-help intervention for male sexual aggression at UK universities - Hales ST, Rawers C, Gannon TA.
Though contemporary evidence suggests that upwards of one-in-nine UK male university students engage in sexually violent behaviors (Hales and Gannon in Sexual Abuse 34:744-770, 2022), few evidence-based primary prevention strategies have been developed to ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Individual agency and social support in healing from conflict-related sexual violence: a case history from eastern DRC - Alexandre AB.
Examining the experience of a male survivor of rape through the salutogenic model and ecological theory, this case study explores how he imoved towards the direction of health after an atrocious experience of sexual violence perpetrated by members of an ar... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news
I did not scream. I could not; I was terrified. I just followed them. . .I blocked my mind. then they all raped me: a narrative inquiry on the onset of tonic immobility among women rape victims in Nigeria - Gbahabo DD, Duma SE.
Tonic immobility (TI) is a common uncontrollable autonomic mammalian response to an extremely fearful situation. It is one of the most immediate devastating consequences of rape and remains poorly understood. While controversies over its definition persist... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Blame and severity attributions in vignette-based female-on-male rape: the case of the victim's prior sexual victimization, resistance, and sexual arousal - Tomer E, Guter M.
This study examines blame attributions of victims and perpetrators in female-on-male rape cases and event severity attributions as affected by three victim-related variables: prior sexual victimization, resistance during the rape, and sexual arousal during... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Missouri Senate votes against allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest
Missouri senators have voted against allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Judith Godr èche Files Rape Complaint Against Director Benoit Jacquot
Godrèche, who met Jacquot when she was 14 years old and the director was 39, accuses him of “predation” and “violent rape of a minor under 15 years old committed by a person in authority.” She has filed her complaint with France’s Juvenile Protection Brigade. According to French newspaper Le…#godrèche #lemonde #lesmendiants #ladesenchantee #benoît #maninironmask #leonardodicaprio #newwave #césar #catherinedeneuve (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Relations between rape myths and behavioral and personality characteristics in males convicted of rape - Freudenthaler L, Eher R.
OBJECTIVE: To date the relationships between rape myths and other psychological constructs within males who have committed rape have not been explored sufficiently. Considered as a risk factor for the perpetration of rape it seems significant to examine th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Sheryl Sandberg Making Documentary About Hamas Sexual Violence Against Israeli Women
Weeks after exiting the board of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg is filming a documentary in Israel that chronicles the experiences of the women and girls who were raped and subjected to other forms of sexual violence at the hands of Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Tentatively called “Screams…#sherylsandberg #israel #hamas #screamsbeforesilence #deadline #sandberg #israeli #idanamedi #israelidefenseforce #gaza (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
