Based on findings
made possible by grants to PHMC R&E
Youth violence has become one of the most serious public
health problems in the United
States. Research is essential to the public health
approach to ending youth violence. A new book published by the American Public
Health Association (APHA), examines the public health
approach to addressing youth violence through hospital-initiated prevention and
intervention programs. Youth
Violence: Interventions for Health Care Providers, released in June 2008, includes a comprehensive review of the causes and
consequences of intentional youth violence and identifies evidence-based
programs and strategies for health care providers responding to intentional
youth violence. The book is based on research
coordinated by PHMC’s Research and Evaluation (R&E) department, made
possible through grants to PHMC from the William Penn Foundation and the
National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine. PHMC managed and
oversaw the multi-organizational, cross-sector collaborative initiative that
serves as the foundation for the book’s findings.
For more than a decade, PHMC has conducted research and
program evaluations on youth violence, helping to provide a framework for youth
violence intervention
and prevention programs across the region. Additionally, our diverse
disciplines and collaborative partnerships allow PHMC to play an increasingly
important role in the effort to prevent youth violence.
For
more information about PHMC’s violence-related research and program evaluation
work, please contact Kristin Minot at 215.985.2519 or kristin@phmc.org, or
Lynne Kotranski, Ph.D., at 215.985.2552 or lynne@phmc.org.
For
more information on Youth Violence:
Interventions for Health Care Providers, please visit the APHA website: http://www.apha.org/publications/bookstore.
