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Abstract #157739

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Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPH and Jon S. Vernick, JD, MPH. Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, 410-955-0440, dwebster@jhsph.edu

A multifaceted, community gun violence prevention program modeled after Chicago's Ceasefire program will be implemented in the Spring of 2007 in two areas in Baltimore with high rates of shootings. The program will be implemented by community-based organizations with oversight from the Baltimore City Health Department and will include community mobilization and public education to change social norms that support violence. Outreach workers will identify and intervene in conflicts to prevent escalation to violence, and also providing mentoring and referrals to services that promote safer lifestyles. We will report on how the program is being implemented and describe the activities of the outreach workers. This will include descriptions of the circumstances surrounding potentially lethal conflicts identified by outreach workers, and how they attempted to deescalate the conflict to reduce the likelihood of serious violence.

Learning Objectives:

• At least two strategies on evaluating community-based violence prevention initiatives
• At least two strategies for implementing violence prevention programs in community-based settings
• At least two strategies for influencing policy decisions to decrease violence

Keywords: Youth Violence, Adolescents

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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