Violence Prevention Program

Violence Prevention: Points of View & Strategies

Homicides and suicides are important public health problems, representing the second leading cause of death for persons 15 to 34 years of age and the leading cause of death for African-Americans in this age-group. Every year millions of individuals visit emergency departments as result of nonfatal violence-related injuries. The demand for effective violence and crime prevention programs has never been greater, as our communities are struggling with a violence epidemic. The Brigham and Women’s Violence Prevention Program (BWH-VPP) is a multi-institutional collaborative effort funded by the Boston Public Health Commission. Our objective is to serve as resource for clinicians and assist in furthering the understanding of the social and public health implications of violence, this session showcases video lectures by leading experts and links to available national and regional resources.

I would like to welcome and thank you for taking the time to visit our webpage.

Amado Alejandro Báez MD, MSc, MPH
Project Leader
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine
Violence Prevention Program

In an effort to better understand the challenges clinicians face when caring for victims of violence we have developed this brief questionnaire.The survey will only take 5-10 minutes of your time and  your contribution will  be of immense value.

Violence Prevention Resources

• American Medical Association (AMA)
  Offers Connecting the Dots to Prevent Youth Violence: A Training and Outreach Guide for Physicians and other Health Professionals. This manual was developed to help physicians and others discuss youth violence with professional and community groups.
  

• Boston-Disparities Project
  Over the last several years, there has been a growing recognition of the severity of the health disparities that exist between people of color and white residents in Boston, and for that matter, throughout the nation. There are patterns of greater disease incidence and poorer outcomes seen across the board in the health monitoring. Racial and ethnic residents are more likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV, prostate cancer, asthma, lead poisoning, and on and on. As a result of his concern with this lingering problem, Mayor Thomas M. Menino began a major initiative which has developed into the Boston Public Health Commission's "Disparities Project".
  

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Garden of Peace
  A memorial commemorating victims of homicide and a living reminder of the impact of violence. It is a visual testament to the need for eliminating violence. The Garden is a symbol of hope for peace and renewal in our lives, our community, and the world.
  

• Harborview Injury Prevention and Resource Center
  Violence in America abstract.
  

• Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center (HYVPC)
  The program works collaboratively to build community capacity for youth prevention in Boston.
  

• Injury Surveillance Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  The program seeks to reduce fatal and nonfatal injuries among Massachusetts residents by monitoring the incidence, trends, risk factors and circumstances of these injuries and disseminating this information to injury prevention advocates. These data may be used to inform decisions regarding the development and evaluation of injury prevention initiatives and policies.
  

• Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
  Through the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Center is committed to a public health perspective and application of sound research to address gun violence.
  

• National Violent Injury Statistics System (NVISS)
  Working to establish ongoing, national data systems on violent injuries, NVISS's major project over the past three years has been to pilot-test, and press for the national adoption of a uniform reporting system for violent deaths. The project has culminated in the establishment of the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  

• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

• Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR)
  (Formerly the National Association of Injury Control Research Centers, NAICRC) is devoted to promoting scholarly activity in injury control and addressing issues relevant to the prevention, acute care and rehabilitation of traumatic injury.
  

• Youth Violence: A report from the Surgeon General