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AUGUST 2004
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Announcements
Events
Query Corner
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Conference Call on HIPAA Privacy Information for DV and Sexual Assault Advocates
The Family Violence Prevention Fund invites domestic violence and sexual assault advocates to participate in a conference call on HIPAA Privacy Information on September 9, 2004. The call will be held from 10:00 am-11:30 am PST/1:00 pm-2:30 pm EST. The call has been sponsored by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
The purpose of this conference call is to assist domestic violence and sexual assault providers better understand the provisions under HIPAA and their application to advocacy programs that have relationships with health care facilities. The conference call faculty includes Rodney Hudson, JD; Diane Moyer, JD; PCAR's (PA Coalition Against Rape) legal counsel; Nancy Durborow from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and Debbie Lee from the Family Violence Prevention Fund.
To join the conference call, dial 334-260-2280 and use this passcode: HIPAA Privacy. Charges for your long distance call are absorbed by your organization through your long distance carrier.
We request advocates interested in joining this conference call to contact Fran Navarro at the Family Violence Prevention Fund (Phone: 415-252-8900, x52 or Email: fran@endabuse.org) to receive important reading materials to review prior to the call. The Family Violence Prevention Fund materials refer to domestic violence programs but generally have similar applicability to sexual assault programs. Both attorneys are familiar with the regulations and will be available to answer questions of participants.
Register for the FVPF’s 2004 National Conference on Health Care and Domestic Violence
The Family Violence Prevention Fund invites you to register for our National Conference on Health Care and Domestic Violence: Health Consequences Over the Lifespan, to be held October 22-23, 2004 in Boston, MA. Get complete description of the conference, and register online today!
The registration deadline is October 15, 2004. Early online registration is strongly recommended as the number of participants allowed is limited and space is available strictly on a first come-first serve basis.
Featuring:
Dr. John Nelson, President of the AMA
Dr. Howard Koh, Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Richard Krugman, Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Colorado
Etienne Krug, Director of Violence Prevention, World Health Organization
Surgeon General Richard Carmona (invited)
Over 75 Workshop sessions will highlight the latest in programmatic responses to intimate partner violence including:
International health care models from over 10 countries
Engaging men in violence prevention and other prevention initiatives
Culturally and community based health care responses to abuse
Latest research on health impact and evaluation of clinical intervention strategies
Health impact and strategies to respond to children and adolescents exposed
Survivors perspectives on health care responses to family violence
Please contact Fran Navarro at (415) 252-8900 x 52 or via email fran@endabuse.org with questions.
EVENTS
9th International Conference on Family Violence
The 9th International Conference on Family Violence will be held on September 19-22, 2004 at the Town & Country Hotel and Convention Center in San Diego, CA. The Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute (FVSAI), Children’s Institute International & Alliant International University will host the conference. Affiliated Training Institutes will be held preceding the conference on September 17-18, 2004.
The conference tracks include: Healthcare, Prevention/Advocacy, Intervention/Law Enforcement, Youth Violence, Trauma/Victims/Survivors, Child Maltreatment/Children Exposed, Elder Abuse/Disabilities, Sexual Assault/Sex Crimes/Incest, Legal/Divorce/Custody Issues, Multicultural, Advanced Research, Advanced Clinical, Offenders, Special Issues, Historical/Discussions with Experts.
Get more information and register online or call 858-623-2777, x427 or email fvconf@alliant.edu.
Online Professional Training Conference on the Abuse of Children and Adults with Disabilities
The first online professional training conference on the abuse of children and adults with disabilities will be held from Thursday, September 9 through Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at http://disability-abuse.com/.
The online training conference is funded through a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, part of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice; and is presented by ARC Riverside California, a private, non-profit corporation devoted to improving the welfare of individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and their families.
The online conference will consist of 22 one-hour Webinars (online seminars) that can be conveniently attended from any computer connected to the Internet. The topics include: prevention, identification, investigation, prosecution and treatment. Seminars will concern casework and care-giving where people with disabilities are victims of child abuse, domestic violence, dependent adult abuse, and elder abuse. All professionals and all workers in the fields of abuse/victimization and/or disabilities are encouraged to participate in this conference.
For more information and to register, visit http://disability-abuse.com/ or contact Online Training eLearning Director Tom Hanna at (607) 275-9360 or tph3@cornell.edu. A limited number of scholarships are available. The deadline for scholarship applications is August 25, 2004. Participants are advised to register by September 1, 2004 to be eligible to receive full continuing education credits.
NIH Conference on Preventing Violence in Adolescents
The National Institutes on Health (NIH) will hold a two-day state-of-the-science conference on Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents on October 13-15, 2004 at the Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The conference will examine and assess the current state of knowledge regarding youth violence and related health-risking social behavior and identify directions for future research.
Experts will present the latest findings on risk and protective factors involved in the development of youth violence and related behaviors, interventions to reduce those behaviors, and the costs and benefits of different approaches.
The conference is free and open to the public. Get more information or register online or call 1-888-644-2667 or email preventingviolence@air.org.
QUERY CORNER
Viagra and Abuse
Q1) Have you heard about any incidents of domestic violence involving Viagra or other sex enhancement drugs? In particular, do you know of cases in which older women suffered physical or emotional abuse inflicted by men using these drugs? The Family Violence Prevention Fund is working with a very friendly journalist who is exploring a story on this topic. If you have information or leads, please email Health e-News moderator Vibhuti Mehra at HealthE-news@endabuse.org. She will relay your information to the journalist. Thank you!
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