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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or Lynne Kotranski, Ph.D., at 215.985.2552 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For more information on Youth Violence: Interventions for Health Care Providers, please visit the APHA website: http://www.apha.org/publications/bookstore.