ABSTRACT TEXT:
Each year, violence causes 2.2 million injuries and over 20,000 deaths in the U.S. In Santa Clara County alone, the data on violence and abuse is stunning. Violence and abuse statistics show that there were over 20,000 child abuse reports, nearly 8,000 domestic violence calls to law enforcement agencies, and over 1,200 cases of elder abuse.
In 1997, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department’s Violence Prevention Program convened the Violence Prevention Council. The charge of the VPC was to develop a Countywide Violence Prevention Action Plan to reduce and prevent violence. One of the recommendations was the development of a Community Information System on Violence (CISV) that would address data gaps and data fragmentation in the area of violence. The intent of the CISV was the development of a system for the ongoing collection, sharing, and analyses of data and information related to violence assessment.
One component of the Community Information System on Violence (CISV) is the Violence Prevention Information Library (VPIL), a data warehouse system that will focus on addressing violence-free relationships, prevention/reduction of violence associated with alcohol, and the prevention/reduction of firearm related deaths.
The purpose of the VPIL is to create a central information system through partnership building that will bring together multiple, diverse, available databases, and through analysis, transform them into meaningful profiles or the “Big Picture” of the scope and magnitude of the violence problem in Santa Clara County.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to: 1. Identify the challenges/barriers associated with the process of developing a data warehouse. 2. Recognize the usefulness of data linking for profiling the scope and magnitude of violence and evaluating violence prevention programs.
Keywords: Violence Prevention, Data/Surveillance
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Santa Clara County Public Health Department
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: employment