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Youth Violence Prevention. Lloyd B. Potter, PhD, MPH. Children’s Safety Network: Three Resource Centers. National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Children’s Safety Network: Three Children’s Safety Network: Three Resource CentersResource Centers
National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center
National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
Economics and Data Analysis Resource Center
"If a disease were killing our children inthe proportions that injuries are, peoplewould be outraged and demand thatthis killer be stopped."
C. Everett Koop, M.D.Former Surgeon General
The Public Health Approach to Prevention
Assess the Problem
What’s the problem?
Identify the Causes
Why does it happen?
Develop & EvaluatePrograms & Policies
What works?
Implementation& Dissemination
How do you do it?
Injury Prevention Elements
• Surveillance
• Regulation and legislation
• Research
• State and local programs
• Public support
Reducing the Burden of Injury, IOM, 1999
Ten leading causes of death for persons aged 10-Ten leading causes of death for persons aged 10-14 years, United States, 200014 years, United States, 2000
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
Deaths
Benign Neoplasms
Cerebro-vascular
Respiratory Disease
Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma
Heart Disease
Congenital Anomolies
Homicide
Suicide
Malignant Neoplasms
Unintentional Injury
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Ten leading causes of death for persons aged 15-Ten leading causes of death for persons aged 15-19 years, United States, 200019 years, United States, 2000
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000
Deaths
Benign Neoplasms
Influenza-Pneumonia
Cerebro-vascular
Respiratory Disease
Congenital Anomalies
Heart Disease
Malignant Neoplasms
Suicide
Homicide
Unintentional Injury
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KEY PROGRAM COMPONENTS
• INJURY PREVENTION COORDINATOR• FUNDING• ADVOCACY• NEEDS ASSESSMENT• DATA IMPROVEMENT• INTERVENTION PLAN• SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR LOCAL PROGRAMS• EVALUATION• COLLABORATION
Society
Community
Family/Peers
Individual
Spheres of Influence: Ecological perspective of developmentSpheres of Influence: Ecological perspective of development
Level of InterventionLevel of Intervention
• Indicated - Individual, very high risk groups
• Selective - higher risk population
• Universal - general population
Bullying Prevalence
• Grades 6-10• 30% were involved in
bully/victim problems “several times or more”– 17% had been bullied– 19% had bullied others– 6% bullied and were bullied
Source: Nansel et al. (2001)
HRSA/MCHB Bullying Campaign
• A change in the school climate and in norms for accepted behavior.
• A comprehensive, school-wide effort involving the entire school community
• Prominent example: The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program.
Bullying: What Works?
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence
Best Practices: InterventionsBest Practices: Interventions
• Intervention types demonstrated to be effective in reducing violent behavior– Home visitation– Parent training– Mentoring– Social cognitive
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/bestpractices.htm
Basic Program StepsBasic Program Steps
• description of the community’s problem
• set goals and objectives
• select and appropriate intervention
• identify participant groups
• select a setting
• locate resources
Problems identified that Problems identified that effective delivery of programseffective delivery of programs
• partnerships - poorly established
• organizational readiness - lack of institutional support
• age-appropriateness of the intervention
• staff selection and training
• evaluation planning
Blueprints for Violence Prevention
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV), at
the University of Colorado at Boulder
www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints
Challenges and Opportunities
• Coordination and Collaboration• Strengthening Capacity for Research and
Practice• Integrating the Field• Nurturing Public Support• Promoting Informed Policy Making
Reducing the Burden of Injury, IOM, 1999