Prevention - Violence and Injury

Through rigorous research and data collection, our programs have helped to identify some of the complex social and behavioral factors that underlie injuries, violence, and suicide. We work to transform this understanding into effective policymaking, social marketing, and environmental programs that prevent violence and injuries.

Tribal Youth Program Training & Technical Assistance Center

The Tribal Youth Program (TYP) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Center addresses the need to strengthen American Indian and Alaska Native juvenile justice and other systems–education, mental health and social services, culture, recreation and employment programs–all critical to Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s mission of reducing juvenile delinquency, violence, child victimization, and increasing the safety of tribal communities.

Evaluation of SADD Mobilization Efforts

EDC and SSRE are working with SADD to develop and test a youth-informed and youth-delivered social marketing campaign, as well as other program components, aimed at reducing underage drinking among high school students. Our work includes formative research with youth, parents, and school-community members needed to guide program and measurement development as well as an initial pilot test of the SADD campaign and related program efforts.

TEACH-VIP E-Learning

TEACH-VIP is a comprehensive violence and injury prevention and control curriculum, developed by the World Health Organization and a global network of experts, covering a wide range of topics, designed to be delivered as face-to-face training. To make this curriculum more widely available, EDC created an instructional design approach for conversion of the face-to-face exercises and materials into an electronic, self-paced format with interactive lessons for the World Wide Web and CD-ROM.

Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans with PTSD

EDC is working with the VA National Center for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), Women’s Health Sciences Division to develop print, video, and online training materials to support the national implementation of Cognitive Processing Therapy within the Veteran’s Health Administration.

How Suicide Spreads Within Communities

David Litts of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC discusses risk factors for suicide in relation to how suicidal thoughts spread among a group of people.

Making a Difference in Suicide Prevention

Jerry Reed is the director of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) at EDC. SPRC collaborates with other organizations to develop tools and training programs for practitioners and community advocates. SPRC also serves as a clearing-house for information and resources based on best practices.

Warning Signs in the Emergency Department

EDC with leading emergency department doctors and nurses developed “Is Your Patient Suicidal?” a simple, quick checklist that is used in hundreds of hospitals across the country today.

Research Shows Day Care Providers Should Call Parents When Toddlers Do Not Show Up

EDC’s Anara Guard offers a proposal to daycare centers and preschools: mandate a call-in policy so parents and providers can be alerted if a child is absent. The proposal seeks to prevent the 30-40 child suffocation deaths that occur each year when children are left behind in a vehicle.

Just Back: Chris Miara

EDC collaborates with the University of California, Berkeley, to develop youth worker safety training materials for students, teachers, and businesses that hire teenagers. Chris Miara conducted trainings in New Jersey, the Virgin Islands, and Georgia on youth and workplace hazards.

Returning from the War Zone

As more military service members return from Iraq and Afghanistan with pressing mental health needs, the Department of Veterans Affairs and others are stepping up to assist.