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PACEs Research Corner — July 2023, Part 2
[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Rafael Maravilla] Domestic Violence – Effects on Children Moss KM, Loxton D, Mishra GD. Does Timing Matter? Associations Between Intimate Partner Violence Across the Early...
The Unceasing Noise of Solitary Confinement [progressive.org]
By Christopher Blackwell, Photo: Unsplash, The Progressive Magazine, July 28, 2023 The noise in solitary confinement is ceaseless. You’re startled awake throughout the night by the repetitive slam of heavy steel doors and the shrill jangle of guards’ keys hanging from their belts, by the sound of their walkie-talkies crackling through the vast empty space. Once you’re awake, the light that never sleeps takes over—the long fluorescent bulb mounted above you burns bright. You cover your head...
Mike Huckabee’s “Kids Guide to the Truth About Climate Change” Shows the Changing Landscape of Climate Denial [insideclimatenews.org]
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee visits "The Story with Martha MacCallum" in the Fox News Channel Studios on September 17, 2019 in New York City. Credit: Steven Ferdman/Getty Images By Keerti Gopal, Inside Climate News, July 31, 2023 Beverly Grimmett thought the kids magazines she saw stacked on a coworker’s desk this spring were perfectly innocent, until she picked one up. “My stomach turned,” Grimmett said. The guides were decorated in bright colors and cheerful cartoons, with titles...
‘Denying our humanity’: how Santa Monica decimated a thriving Black community [theguardian.com]
Alison Rose Jefferson showing the Phillips Chapel CME church. Photograph: Julien James/The Guardian By Sam Levin, The Guardian, July 30, 2023 A t Shutters on the Beach, a luxury hotel in Santa Monica, guests staying in $1,500-a-night rooms can get pristine views of white-sand shores and the Pacific Ocean, hot stone massages, afternoons filled with live jazz and fresh seafood dinners. Few visitors, however, will know that 100 years ago, the site was at the center of a painful turning point...
His job is helping small California school districts with their unique needs [edsoure.org]
Tim Taylor, executive director of the Small School Districts Association. Credit: Jay-ar Ignacio By Cara Nixon, EdSource, July 31, 2023 The Covid-19 pandemic, wildfires, floods — California’s schools have faced it all over the past few years, with rural communities, due to their remote locations, higher rates of poverty and limited access to resources, often facing the brunt of it. Tim Taylor’s role as the executive director of the Small School Districts’ Association has been largely defined...
Helping the Health Care Community Lead in Preventing Abuse [futureswithoutviolence.org]
By Lisa James and Virginia Duplessis, Photo: from article, Futures Without Violence, July 25, 2023 There was a time when emergency department staff routinely treated domestic violence survivors and then sent them right back home to face further abuse, without the ability to offer referrals or other help. When few OB/GYNs knew that pregnant women are at vastly elevated risk of homicide, often at the hands of a current or former partner. When few physicians or nurses talked to young people...
My musical thoughts about society's reluctance to address child abuse and neglect
“If we could somehow end child abuse and neglect, the eight hundred pages of DSM (and the need for the easier explanations such as DSM-IV Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis) would be shrunk to a pamphlet in two generations.” - John Briere My musical thoughts about society's reluctance to address child abuse and neglect in all of its forms.... "Brush Away Your Tears" by Michael Skinner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc0GLP91vWE&t=425s Take care, Michael PS This song was used...
Reflecting on a Successful Trauma Informed Care Summit: Igniting Hope and Healing Together
Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) hosted the inaugural Trauma Informed Care Summit on June 30th, 2023 in Houston, TX. This event has reaffirmed our collective vision of trauma information transformation, where health, hope, and healing are within reach for all individuals.
Overlooked: Human Trafficking of Indigenous People (Not Our Native Daughters)
Visit the website: Not Our Native Daughters In the whispers of the wind, a tale unfolds, Of missing souls, their stories left untold, A haunting lament, through the ages it flies, Of indigenous women and children, lost in the skies. Mystic breezes carry their names on their breath, Echoing across lands, whispering the depth, Of sorrow and loss, of shattered dreams, Where silence reigns, and justice teems. The wind's mournful wail, a solemn refrain, For the daughters and sisters, who can't...
How Can We Further Progress on Disability Rights? (rwjf.org)
A group of disabled and non-disabled people of various races, ethnicities, genders and ages pose for a photo in front of Capitol Hill. Photo Credit: Ameya Okamoto To read more of Dr. Alonzo Plough's article, please click here. People with disabilities deserve the same rights and opportunities as everyone, including access to affordable housing, employment opportunities, safe transportation, quality education and healthcare. And disability rights advocates have tirelessly fought to uproot...
An Overheating Planet Requires Extreme Climate Solutions [bloomberg.com]
Firefighters in Phoenix provide treatment for a resident having trouble breathing on day when temperatures reached 119F (48C). The city has endured a record-setting streak of days above 110F this month. Photographer: Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg By Eric Roston and John Ainger, Bloomberg, July 27, 2023 First came the hottest June in recorded history. Now it’s the hottest-ever July . This year is already highly likely to replace 2016 atop the heat ranking . Scientists suspect the last several...
Happiness Break: A Mindful Breath Meditation, With Dacher Keltner [greatergood.berkeley.edu]
By Dacher Keltner, Illustration: from article, Greater Good Magazine, July 27, 2023 Mindful breathing exercises are a simple, effective, and fast way to shift our mindset and improve physical and mental well-being when practiced regularly. Today’s Happiness Break host: Dacher Keltner is the host of the award-winning podcast, The Science of Happiness and is a co-instructor of the GGSC’s popular online course of the same name. He’s also the founding director of the Greater Good Science Center...
Biden signs historic order moving prosecution of military sexual assault outside chain of command [cnn.com]
By Donald Judd, Photo: Susan Walsh/AP, CNN Politics, July 28, 2023 President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, murder and other serious crimes. The order, which the administration is calling “the most significant transformation of the military justice system since the UCMJ was established in...