Literature & Journals
In forensic nursing, staying informed isn’t a luxury... it’s a necessity. This page collects the “articles of note” from Jenifer Markowitz’s periodic literature updates:
Research, Reports, and Developments That Shape Our Practice and Broaden the Reach of Our Work.
​... as well as other pieces of literature provided to us via our community.
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- Articles of Note -
Amadasi, A., Amadasi, L., & Oesterhelweg, L. (2025). Forensic evaluation of atypical Mongolian spots in dark pigmented skin: navigating the diHerential diagnosis of potential child abuse. International journal of legal medicine, 139(6), 3103–3105.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-025-03582-3 (FREE FULL TEXT)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12532667/
Berishaj, K., McDonald, M. M., & Parkhill, M. R. (2025). EHects of Intimate Partner ViolenceRelated Strangulation on Women Who Report a Disability and Received Forensic Nursing Services. Violence against women, 31(12-13), 3427–3445.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241279136
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39396545/
Burnes, D., Rotsaert, C., Lachs, M. S., & Pillemer, K. A. (2025). Risk factors for elder abuse severity: findings from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging. Innovation in aging, 9(10), igaf101.
https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf101 (FREE FULL TEXT)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12596471/
Delwiche, J., Spicuzza, J., Birbeck, J., Wangerin, S., & Miyamoto, S. (2025). Policy Gaps in Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Care: A 50-State and Territory Review of Health Care Provider and Access Requirements. Journal of forensic nursing, 10.1097/JFN.0000000000000587. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000587
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41235812/
Diamond-Welch, B., Daniel, Q., Patterson, W., & Thongtad, P. (2025). Funding Postassault Care: Typologies of State SAMFE Payment Systems in U.S. Legislation. Violence against women, 10778012251394968. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251394968
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41232116/
Ferreira-Nascimento, S., Rodrigues Barbosa, M., Sofia Roberto, M., Fernandes, S., Pires, R., & Querido, L. (2025). Executive Function Correlates of Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Trauma, violence & abuse, 15248380251381820. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380251381820
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41221796/
Goldman, S., Ragoler, M., Givon, A., Radomislensky, I., Katorza, E., & Israel Trauma Group (2025). Hospitalization of injured pregnant women: a decade of data. Israel journal of health policy research, 14(1), 65.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-025-00727-y (FREE FULL TEXT)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12607194/
Ma, N., Dionise, A., Farooqi, A., Santia, C., & Sarnaik, A. (2025). Healthcare needs of survivors of abusive head trauma after hospitalization. Child abuse & neglect, 169(Pt 1), 107640.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107640
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40840259/
Makovec Knight, J., Hannon, O., Spitz, G., Astridge, A., Copas, C., Duarte Martins, B., Rowse, R., McDonald, S., Padgett, C., Meyer, S., Shultz, S., Symons, G. F., & Ponsford, J. (2025). Brain Injury Within Intimate Partner Violence: What Are the Cognitive EHects?. Journal of neurotrauma, 10.1177/08977151251388070. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08977151251388070
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41164911/
Mattheij, M. A. C., Van den Bosch, L., Karst, W. A., Bouziotis, J., Bekkering, G., Ceulemans, B., & Monsieurs, K. G. (2025). Clinical features associated with abusive and non-abusive head injury in children under 2 years old: A systematic review. Child abuse & neglect, 170, 107758. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107758
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41175459/
Miles, L. W., Valentine, J. L., Hildt Moxley, A., Anderson Cullimore, A., & Wong, B. (2025). Retrospective Study on Pain Reports and Treatments at Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations: Clinical Practice Implications. Journal of forensic nursing,
10.1097/JFN.0000000000000569. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000569
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41211844/
Oshima, T., Yoshikawa, H., Sekijima, H., & Kotani, H. (2025). First Case Report of the Use of Postmortem Wide-Angle Fundus Photography in Abusive Head Trauma. The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 46(4), 307–311.
https://doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0000000000001055 (FREE FULL TEXT)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12617311/
Pankratz, S., Clouse, M., & Motzkus, C. (2025). Nonfatal Strangulation Injuries: Improving Physician Knowledge and Attitudes. Journal of interpersonal violence, 40(21-22), 5269–5284.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241303961
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39716769/
PettyJohn, M. E., Ashley, A., Freifeld, M., Dontje, K., Markowitz, J., & Campbell, R. (2025). "I'm Just Trying to Squeeze in Hours Here and There": New SANEs' Perspectives on Challenges Gaining Practice Experience. Journal of forensic nursing, 10.1097/JFN.0000000000000582. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1097/JFN.0000000000000582
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41181936/
Ramaiah, V., Dworsky, A., Bilka, K., & Glick, J. (2025). What Happens When Child Abuse Pediatricians and CPS Investigators Collaborate? A Study of the Multidisciplinary Pediatric Education and Evaluation Consortium. Child maltreatment, 30(4), 688–699.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595241292050
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39413037/
Rasmussen, M., Busch, J. R., Munkholm, J., Skov, K. Ø., Nielsen, M. K. K., Hilden, M., Banner, J., & Wingren, C. J. (2025). Characteristics of drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA): an observational study at a Danish sexual assault center. International journal of legal medicine, 10.1007/s00414-025-03646-4. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-025-03646-4
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41186773/
Reutens, S., Akpanekpo, E., Karystianis, G., Withall, A., & Butler, T. (2025). Older Perpetrators of Domestic Violence: Mixed-EHects Logistic Regression Analysis of Police Records. JMIR aging, 8, e75993.
https://doi.org/10.2196/75993 (FREE FULL TEXT)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12519033/
Sharman, L. S., Douglas, H., & Fitzgerald, R. (2025). A Qualitative Exploration of the Impact of Increasing Criminalization on Domestic Violence Support Workers: Nonfatal Strangulation as a Case Study. Violence against women, 31(14), 3704–3727.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241289422 (FREE FULL TEXT)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12446687/
Thomas, R., Willmot, K., Seimon, R., Derrick, N., Dinh, M. M., & Templeton, D. J. (2025). Characteristics of alleged sexual assaults involving non-fatal strangulation at a Sydney metropolitan emergency department: a prospective descriptive study. Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 115, 102967.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2025.102967
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40939485/
Yang, D. H., Sherak, R., Chin, M., Pagano, E., Tyrrell, J. D., Sullivan, T., Henderson, R., Jubanyik, K., Dodington, J., Rhodes, D., Gawel, M., & Sangal, R. B. (2025). An Electronic Health Record-Integrated Clinical Pathway Improves Care of Sexual Assault Survivors. Academic emergency medicine : oLicial journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 10.1111/acem.70179. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.70179