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'Why don't they report?': Domestic violence
August 7, 2017
When a domestic violence matter becomes news, one question is always shouted the loudest: why didn’t she leave? And with that question comes the implication that, by staying in the relationship, the survivor somehow deserved what happened. As the second part in our two-part series examining why survivors of assault don’t report, we’re looking at domestic violence. Why don’t victims leave, and why don’t they call the police?
New Physician Assistants Help Ease Health Care Provider Shortage in Rural Illinois
August 7, 2017
35 learners complete SIU Medicine's Physician Assistant Program
International Scholar, Syrian Native to Present Pearson Lecture
August 4, 2017
Talk to focus on history of Islamic medicine
Health Care Organizations, SPS 186 Partner to Provide Back-to-School Physicals, Vaccines
August 3, 2017
Children entering pre-k, kindergarten, 6th or 9th grade, or who are new to Springfield Public School District 186, are required to have school physicals and immunizations. Meningococcal vaccines are also required for all students entering 12th grade if they have not already had the vaccine.
World Breastfeeding Week: Mother knows breast
July 31, 2017
The month of August is marked by several significant events: the Illinois State Fair, kids returning to school and, of course, World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated Aug. 1-7 every year worldwide!
SIU Medical Students Working with Regional Physicians
July 31, 2017
Family physicians in six Illinois communities are hosting students from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine July 31 – August 25. The students are participating in the school’s Family Medicine Preceptorship Program.
SIU Medicine Pediatrician Accepting New Patients in Decatur
July 27, 2017
Looking for a pediatrician to schedule a back-to-school physical for your child? Southern Illinois University Medicine will open a pediatrics clinic in Decatur on August 2.
'Why don't they report?': Sexual assault
July 25, 2017
When a house is robbed, rarely is the question posed of “Why was the house decorated that way if it didn’t want burglarized?” When a car is broken into, no one says “Well it should have been covered up.” But when someone is sexually harassed, assaulted or raped, those are always the first words uttered. Survivors or sexual assault face not only unimaginable trauma, but judgment after the fact. Many survivors don’t report attacks to avoid this or because of the societally prevalent idea that no one would believe them anyway. In the first of two blogs examining why victims don’t report attacks, we’re looking at sexual assault. We spoke to Jeanné Hansen, licensed clinical social worker with the SIU School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, about why these crimes go so heavily unreported.
6 tips to prevent tragedy in the backseat
July 24, 2017
Heat stroke is one of the leading causes of death among children. “People must remember that temperatures of cars are very deceiving,” explains Dr. Wendi El-Amin, a family medicine physician at SIU Center for Family Medicine.