5201.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Stopping the Bleeding: Getting a Handle on Juvenile Violence

Presentors will provide evidence about the relative success of various strategies to prevent demonstrations of juvenile violence. Issues from preventing weapons in school to establishing successful community-based violence prevention programs will be addressed
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Organizer(s):John R. Moore, PhD, RN
2:30 PMA multi-faceted approach to school violence prevention: The importance of collaboration
Sherlina S Nageer, MPH, Lloyd Potter, MD, MPH, Ellen Schmidt, MS, OTR/L
2:45 PMGirls Who Hit: Female Bullies with Fighting Behavior
Lynne Edmondson, MAT, Laura L Dreuth, PhD
3:00 PMThree year longitudinal study of a Conflict Resolution Training Program, in a rural multicultural elementary school
Diana A. Foster, MPH, Vickie D. Krenz, PhD, MSPH, Donald D. Pogoloff, JD, MPH, Donna M. Callahan, MSW
3:15 PMViolence prevention for elementary school children: A successful practice
Pamela Orpinas, PhD, MPH, Pamela Cox, MA, Deborah Staniszewski, PhD, NCSP
3:30 PMWeapon carrying (WC) status and victimization among California middle and high school girls, 1998-1999
David J. Reynen, MPH, MPPA, Zipora Weinbaum, PhD, Gilberto F. Chavez, MD, MPH
Sponsor:School Health Education and Services
Cosponsors:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA