Oral

Hospital-based and community-based youth violence prevention programs are described in these five presentations, as are research projects that are components of the programs. These are oral, podium presentations in a room with a roundtable set-up.

Session Objectives: 1. Discuss the development of a randomized-trial violence prevention program in Philadelphia, the strengths and limitations of the community-based participatory approach that is being used, and the results of a companion study where 10-16 year-olds described their assessments of violence in their neighborhoods and their assets in dealing with these stressors. 2. Describe a hospital-based peer intervention program in California that employs as Intervention Specialists community members who have overcome violence in their own lives. 3. Describe results of quality improvement efforts in a state-funded intervention where 15-24 year-old gunshot wound patients are enrolled and over subsequent months are provided family-focused, tailored case management. 4. Critique the structure, processes and evaluation components of violence prevention programs based at Level One trauma hospitals in cities with high homicide rates.

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing