The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #46066

Robert D. Ketterlinus, PhD¹, Susan Lindauer, MSS, MLSP², Elizabeth M. Datner, MD³, Joel A. Fein, MD⁴, Linda Davis-Moon⁵, Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MSEd⁴, Joyce Lee-Ibarra⁴, Peter Lane, MD², Theodore A. Christopher, MD⁵, and Kristin Minot, MA¹. (1) Research and Evaluation, Philadelphia Health Management Corporation, 260 South Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, 215-985-2524, robertk@phmc.org, (2) Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, 5501 Old York Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19141, (3) Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, (4) Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St. & Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (5) Division of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1020 Sansom St., Rm. 239, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Of all public health issues, physical, interpersonal violence is the most destructive for the nation’s youth. This poster will present program implementation and descriptive evaluation information for a collaborative of four Philadelphia hospital Emergency Department (ED) based programs designed to intervene with violently injured youth ages 8 to 24 at risk for repeat or retaliatory violence. One thousand or more youth enroll in the program yearly. The three goals of the Collaborative are: 1) to enhance identification, assessment and communication with intentionally injured youth seen in the ED; 2) to intervene directly and immediately with youth in the ED or other hospital setting; 3) reducing future risk of violence by working with the youth, family, community and referrals; and 4) to improve violence prevention knowledge, policies and services by strengthening connections between healthcare and community service providers. The shared research and implementation experience of this partnership strengthens the Collaborative’s ability to achieve these three aims. Each program involves 1) training ED care providers to identify and better communicate with violently injured youth; 2) implementing protocols for identifying, assessing and intervening with violently injured youth presenting in the ED; and 3) identifying and strengthening community referrals and follow-up. Each program also tailored its approach to helping youth access interventions or support after leaving the hospital, based on institutional context and available resources. The Collaborative first funded in 1997, is beginning a second 3 year phase focused on strengthening community connections, refining assessment tools and interventions, research and evaluation, and developing sustainability.

Learning Objectives:

• Participant's interested violence prevention will learn about best practices in creating a emergency department based intervention. They will learn how to assess violently injured youth, to create effective interventions and community connections for these youth, and to evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts.

Keywords: Youth Violence, Collaboration

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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.