Topic: Youth violence

Critical Conversations on the Intersections of Structural Racism, Youth, and Community Well-being

Overview

The STRYVE Action Council, in partnership with the Safe States Alliance, presents a series of “critical conversations” with national public health experts and youth on how structural racism is impacting the health and safety of young people across the country.

During this series of “critical conversation,” panelists from the STRYVE Action Council, a multidisciplinary consortium of organizations working to build safe, healthy, inclusive, and equitable communities that allow youth from every background to thrive, will explore and discuss the interconnected nature of structural racism and health outcomes.

Session 1 – Unpacking the Impacts of Structural Racism on Youth

June 29, 2020 | 2:00 PM EDT

Access the archived recording here.

 

During this inaugural “critical conversation,” panelists will discuss the many areas in which structural racism exists and how it adversely impacts the lives of youth. Racism is ubiquitous and exists within all structures that touch the daily lives of youth, including the criminal justice system, educational systems, housing, and the economy. Panelists from organizations representing public health, psychology, community development, and youth engagement will share their perspectives, experiences, and work related to addressing structural racism. Panelists will participate in open dialogue and engage with attendees to discuss opportunities to work toward change.

Presenters

  • Mighty Fine, MPH, Director of the Center for Public Health Practice and Professional Development at the American Public Health Association (APHA)
  • Miyah Hull, APA Youth Advisory Board member
  • Sheila B. Savannah, MA, Managing Director at Prevention Institute
  • Brian D. Smedley, PhD, Chief of Psychology in the Public Interest and Acting Chief Diversity Officer, American Psychological Association (APA)

Moderator

  • Dr. Jamila Porter, Director of Programs and Evaluation, Safe States Alliance

 

Session 2 -Place Matters: The Role of Place in the Health and Safety of Youth

May 11, 2021| 2:00 PM EDT

Access the archived recording here.

 

During this second critical conversation, a multi-disciplinary panel will discuss the importance of place and associated impacts of structural racism on the lives of youth. Panelists representing pediatric healthcare, city leaders, youth, and community-based organizations will share their perspectives, experiences, and work related to the role that place plays related to the health and safety of youth. Panelists will participate in open dialogue and engage with attendees to discuss opportunities to work toward change. This discussion will embrace a broad definition of place to consider where young people do or do not comfortably live, work, learn, play, and travel.

Presenters

  • Pooja Tandon, MD, MPH, FAAP, Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington
    Andrew O. Moore,     National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
    Matthew Perkins,     Local Initiatives Support Corporation
    Donna Griffin,     Mount Vernon Manor
    Rikeyah Lindsay,     Mount Vernon Manor

Moderator

  • Mona Mangat, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

You’ve Got a Friend in Media: How Public Health Partnerships with Media Professionals Can Transform Coverage of IVP and Trauma

Overview:

Unintentional injuries and violence are often highly newsworthy, and media coverage has a profound effect on how communities understand and address these issues. Media professionals have demonstrated strength in humanizing story subjects, elevating overlooked public health problems, and pushing elected officials to take action on headlining issues. However, the pressure of deadlines and limited access to/awareness of public health data or effective interventions can result in stories that leave people feeling hopeless, helpless or unaffected. Public health can assist the media in contextualizing injuries and violence and provide evidence-based prevention strategies. Compelling solutions-oriented stories can galvanize community- and systems-level change to address shared risk and protective factors for injury and violence.

 

The Louisiana Core State Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core SVIPP) and Tulane University’s Violence Prevention Institute hosted a workshop for media professionals on reporting sensitive, complex topics related to violence and trauma. The workshop taught media professionals how to reframe their reporting to illuminate the driving forces behind injury and violence, highlight prevention strategies, and encourage productive public discourse. Preliminary evaluation results showed that the workshop was well-received, and revealed additional opportunities to build effective relationships between public health and media professionals.

 

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this webinar, participants will understand:

1. Explain how media coverage of injuries, violence and trauma can help or hurt public health efforts around these issues.


2. Understand how partnerships with media professionals can fit into a shared risk and protective factor approach to preventing and reducing injuries and violence.

 

3. Assess their agency’s capacity to plan and host a workshop for news media professionals in their community, region or state based on available resources, budget, and time.

 

Presenters:

  • Chloe Lake, Health Education & Communications Coordinator, Louisiana Department of Health
  • Kristen Sanderson, Prevention Initiatives Coordinator, Louisiana Department of Health

 

Continuing Education:

This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit.

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

 

Training Instructions

To complete this training, you will need to:

  1. Participate in the training by accessing the Recorded Webinar
  2. View Powerpoint slides: You’ve Got a Friend in Media – SafeStates 2019
  3. Create your Certificate of Completion.

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Cure Violence & the Movement to Treat Violence as a Health Problem

This webinar is based on the highly-rated closing general session presented during the 2016 Safe States Alliance Annual Meeting in April in Albuquerque, NM.

 

Despite the enormous toll of violence in the United States as measured in injury, suffering, and death, violence is not generally seen as a health issue. The movement to treat violence as a health problem is fundamentally changing the way violence is viewed and resourced. This movement, which includes the Cure Violence program, advocates for (1) enacting social and behavioral campaigns to reduce violence; (2) using the comprehensive healthcare system as a point of intervention to interrupt the spread of violence; and (3) developing public health and epidemiology tools for community-based violence prevention programs. 

 

This webinar will address why violence is a health problem, how health leaders play an integral role in solving all forms of violence, and we can work across sectors to address violence.

 

Presenter: 
Shannon Cosgrove, MHA, Director of Health Policy, Cure Violence

 

Learning objectives of webinar:

– Understand why violence is a health problem – a contagious epidemic that is transmitted across syndromes.

– Learn how violence, like other contagions, can be interrupted through programs such as Cure Violence and through a health systems approach.

– Learn about a framework for violence prevention action, including how to activate leaders locally to transform the perceptions and response to violence.

– Learn about new areas of program innovation for Cure Violence.

 

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence

The theme for the 2011 ASTHO, NACCHO, & Safe States Alliance webcast series is “Special Topics in Violence Prevention.”

 

Gang-related youth violence is a complex public health problem that can be addressed by using innovative, prevention-focused strategies and strong, collaborative partnerships. Acknowledging the impact of firearms on the lethality of gang-related violence, it is critical to explore the public health role in supporting primary and secondary prevention efforts to minimize violence-related firearm deaths and injuries that continue to disproportionately affect youth. This webcast features presentations by professionals and experts that are actively implementing programs in their states and communities to prevent gang-related violence. During this webcast, speakers address the national burden of firearm-related injuries among youth, describe programs currently being implemented to prevent gang-related violence and enhance youth empowerment, and provide insights on how to address the challenges of delivering effective violence prevention programs that utilize a public health approach.

 

The three webinars in this series are: Webinar 1: Using Policy to Prevent Teen Dating Violence; Webinar 2: Exploring the Intersection: Enhancing Active Living through Violence Prevention; Webinar 3: Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence

 

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

Exploring the Intersection: Enhancing Active Living through Violence Prevention

The theme for the 2011 ASTHO, NACCHO, & Safe States Alliance webcast series is “Special Topics in Violence Prevention.”

 

Violence and the fear of violence can have far-reaching negative consequences and undermine efforts to improve the health and safety of communities. Perceptions of areas as being violent or unsafe may often prevent adults and children from engaging in a host of healthy activities — ranging from walking to schools and workplaces to utilizing parks and recreational areas. As a result, this lack of physical activity can be a substantial factor in the onset of chronic disease. Research has linked several chronic health conditions to a lack of physical activity, including asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. Violence only serves to exacerbate these conditions as it is a significant barrier that keeps individuals from leading healthy, active lives. Preventing violence is an imperative step in promoting safe and healthy communities and in minimizing the burden of disease. Both violence and chronic disease can be prevented by using a collaborative public health approach.

 

This webcast will feature presentations that will discuss the unique intersection between chronic disease and violence and provide examples of efforts that successfully address both issues. By utilizing innovative approaches and strategies, public health practitioners and other stakeholders at local, state, and national levels can help communities across the country benefit from integrated efforts to prevent violence and increase active living.

 

The three webinars in this series are: Webinar 1: Using Policy to Prevent Teen Dating Violence; Webinar 2: Exploring the Intersection: Enhancing Active Living through Violence Prevention; Webinar 3: Programs and Partnerships to Prevent Gang-Related Youth Violence

 

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

 

The video in this self-study may not work properly as appropriate software may no longer be available to support it – causing an error stating “Missing codec – This item was encoded in a format that’s not supported”. Audio and Powerpoint slides are still available and meet the requirements for receiving CHES and CPH credits. If you experience issues, please direct questions to info@safestates.org.

Policy Evaluation Series: Webinar 2 — Violence Prevention

During part two of this three-part webinar series on policy evaluation, you will hear from presenters that are evaluating policies related to violence prevention. Presenters will discuss the methodology and challenges of policy evaluation, as well as what they hope to achieve as part of the evaluation process.

 

Webinars in this series are: Webinar 1: Policy Evaluation: Prescription Drug Use Webinar 2: Policy Evaluation: Violence Prevention Webinar 3: Policy Evaluation: Motor Vehicle Safety

 

The video in this self-study may not work properly as appropriate software may no longer be available to support it – causing an error stating “Missing codec – This item was encoded in a format that’s not supported”. Audio and Powerpoint slides are still available and meet the requirements for receiving CHES and CPH credits. If you experience issues, please direct questions to info@safestates.org.