Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #108252

Mariana Garrettson, MPH, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7440, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7440, 570.222.4184, marianag@email.unc.edu, Kimberley Freire, MPH, Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7505, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505, Kristen A. Sullivan, MA, MBA, MSW, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Bank of America Building, Suite 500, 137 East Franklin Street, CB #7505, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505, Karl Umble, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rosenau Hall, CB# 8165, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400, Carol W. Runyan, PhD, MPH, The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Bank of America Building, Suite 500, 137 East Franklin Street, CB# 7505, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5123 Bioinformatics Building, CB #7220, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7220, and Sandra L. Martin, PhD, Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 425 Rosenau Hall, CB #7445, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445.

Purpose: The PREVENT Program is designed to facilitate adoption of primary prevention approaches to violence by providing education, networking, and technical assistance to individuals and organizations. Development: A needs assessment was conducted of violence prevention leaders'/practioners' training needs. The findings informed curriculm development of workshops. Workshop objectives were to engage participants (in teams) to: better understand primary prevention; learn/practice skills to plan and evaluate prevention activities; explore approaches to strong partnerships; and build networks with workshop participants. Implementation: In September, 2004, three PREVENT workshops were offered, which included lectures, discussions, and the initiation of a three month team-based action learning project with coach support. Evaluation: 163 participants were trained, representing 27 states. Participants came with experience in all types of violence. A quasi-experimental design was utilized to assess workshop impact on participants' attitudes and beliefs at three points in time. Participants responses to the pretest indicate that they believe achieving the goal of primary prevention is difficult (mean of 4.0 on scale: 1=nearly impossible 10=very easy), but believe it is an important way for them to spend their time (mean of 9.0 on scale: 1=not at all important 10=critically important). Additional data are derived from telephone interviews with participants further exploring individual and organizational change over time. Final reports from participating teams provide information about what type of projects were implemented and the integration of primary prevention principles, evaluation, and sustainability plans. The paper will examine findings as well as discuss these methods of evaluating a national training program.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to

• Articulate the PREVENT model for engaging violence practitioners and leaders in primary prevention through education, networking, and technical assistance.
• Describe the quantitative and qualitative evaluation process and outcomes for the PREVENT violence prevention workshops.

Keywords: Violence, Primary Prevention

Related Web page: www.prevent.unc.edu

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commertial supporters WITH THE EXCEPTION OF The author is funded by a grant provided to UNC Injury Prevention Research Center from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..