CONTACT will be participating in the Mason County Health Department‘s Community Health Symposium at the National Guard Armory in Point Pleasant, WV.

West Virginia University will be holding an adult Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training April 22- 26, 2013.

The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) is a registered nurse who has been specially trained to care for the complex issues surrounding victims of sexual assault.
The purpose of this training is to teach interested RNs how to better care for their patients by providing support, collecting and preserving evidence, interviewing victims and linking them to vital community resources for follow-up.

This 40-hour didactic course is geared to-ward the Registered Nurse, but is informative for physicians, law enforcement officers, prosecutors and victim advocates.
It is designed to provide a comprehensive educational program in the complete assessment, evaluation and treatment of the adult sexual assault patient.
Upon completion of the 40-hour didactic training, there is a post-training clinical requirement that must be completed according to the nurse’s scope of practice and guide-lines of the training course.
RNs MUST attend ALL five days of the training to receive completion of the didactic portion of the training and the 40 contact hours.
This course meets the educational guidelines of the IAFN.

The fee is $250.00.

For more information please contact Margaret Denny at dennym@wvuhealthcare.com or Bonnie Fields at fieldsb@wvuhealthcare.com.

CONTACT Rape Crisis Center will be holding spring volunteer training on February 12, 19 and 26. Volunteers must attend all three sessions. Our volunteer application can be found here. For more information, contact Volunteer Coordinator Josh Curry at advocate@contacthuntington.com or via phone at (304) 523 3447.

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. For information on what you can do to help defeat this crime, visit the not for sale campaign.

January is National Stalking Awareness Month. For more information, go to http://stalkingawarenessmonth.org or visit the Stalking Resource Center.