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A case series measuring campus and clinic level factors during implementation of a sexual violence prevention intervention in campus health and counseling centers: does environment matter?

Socioeconomic model of results

Dr. Liz Miller and her team examined campus and clinic factors that may influence likelihood of implementing sexual violence (SV) prevention for college students seeking care in campus health and counseling centers. Their findings suggest that high performance regarding SV policy and prevention on a campus do not necessarily translate to implementation of appropriate SV prevention and care for students seeking care on campus, including assessments, resources, referrals, and services.

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Believe Survivors March

Believe Survivors March

Join Pittsburgh Universities Believe Survivors (P.U.B.S) in a march to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence. This event is sponsored by Carlow, Pitt, CMU, Duquesne, and Chatham. Individuals from each campus community is invited, as well as members of the general public, to participate. Help create signs, posters, and banners on Carlow's campus green before the march. After the march, there will be an option to listen to survivor testimonials.

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Interpersonal Trauma and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events Among Women

Incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) over time among (A) women with and without a history of childhood abuse, (B) women with and without a history of adult abuse, (C) women with and without intimate partner violence in The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.

Trauma has been linked to risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and interpersonal violence is a trauma that is prevalent in women. Dr. Thurston and her team followed a group of midlife women for two decades to examine whether interpersonal violence (childhood abuse, adulthood abuse, or intimate partner violence [IPV]) was related to increased risk of subsequent clinical CVD events. Findings show that childhood abuse, particularly sexual abuse, was associated with increased risk of CVD. 

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Intimate Partner Violence, Women, and Traumatic Brain Injury in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest intimate partner violence (IPV) morbidity globally. This region of the world offers opportunity for traumatic brain injury (TBI) researchers to explore deeper associations between TBI and IPV to better understand the role of gender in TBI research. However, this review by Dr.

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Naming Silence and Inadequate Obstetric Care as Obstetric Violence

Naming Silence and Inadequate Obstetric Care as Obstetric Violence

Dr. Dara Mendez and Dr. Judy Chang response article addresses the questions raised in “How Gentle Must Violence Against Women be in Order to not be Violent? Rethinking the Word ‘Violence; in Obstetric Settings” and concludes that naming violence is critical for describing people’s experiences of such violence and for addressing the structures and contexts that create and fuel such violence, not for judgment but for accountability and change.

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Sexual Violence and Gender Minority Youth

Gender minority youth experience increased rates of violence, including threat or injury with a weapon, forced sexual intercourse, dating violence, and bullying.

Dr. Miller's recent publication shows the impacts of the pervasive and harmful narratives used to weaponize transgender identities in contemporary political discourse and the ongoing need for gender transformative sexual violence prevention programs.

 

Read more about this study here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2792864

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