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Training and OutreachTraining UNC IPRC assists in providing education in a traditional classroom setting and offers continuing education opportunities for public health practitioners, medical providers, and others who are interested in learning about injury prevention. UNC IPRC also serves as the lead site for the National Training Initiative for Injury and Violence Prevention (NTI). A component of NTI, PREVENT (Preventing Violence through Education, Networking and Technical Assistance) provides violence prevention training to practitioners. Through these initiatives and other training activities, UNC IPRC plays a central role in bridging the gap between research and practice and building the injury and violence prevention infrastructure. Training Programs National Training Initiative for Injury and Violence Prevention (NTI) The National Training Initiative for Injury and Violence Prevention (NTI), a project of the Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development (a collaboration between the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research and the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association), is now in its seventh year. The purpose of NTI is to reduce mortality and morbidity from injury in the U.S. through enhancement of the training infrastructure for state, local and tribal health departments and their diverse partners. Major activities for 2007 included development of a manuscript on Core Competencies for Injury and Violence Prevention, collaboration with the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to develop evidence-based summaries that will serve as a companion product to the Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention, and development and completion of a national training needs assessment. Key Personnel: Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD (Joint Committee Co-Chair); Shelli Stephens-Stidham (Joint Committee Co-Chair); J’Ingrid Mathis, MS; Marilena Amoni, MS; Nancy Bill, MPH; Stephanie Bryn, MPH; Carolyn Fowler, MPH, PhD; Mariana Garrettson, MPH; Julie Gibbs-Long; Reneé Johnson, MSPH, PhD; Lloyd Potter, MPH, PhD; Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD; Thomas Songer, PhD; Amber Williams, MPH Other Organizations or Institutions Represented: Colorado State University Funding: Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association Contact: J’Ingrid Mathis, MS
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Needs Assessment Although injury is a significant public health problem in the U.S. that accounts for more years of potential life lost than any other problem, few injury and violence prevention professionals have adequate training in injury control. The goal of this project is to assess the need for injury control training via administration of training and technical assistance needs assessment of the injury and violence prevention professional community in Pennsylvania. The needs assessment is being administered to a target audience of injury and violence prevention professionals in Pennsylvania. Training needs for the state will then be compared to results of a recently completed national needs assessment to help establish training needs “benchmarks” for the state. Key Personnel: Thomas Songer, PhD; J’Ingrid Mathis, MS Other Organizations or Institutions Represented: University of Pittsburgh Center for Injury Research and Control Funding: University of Pittsburgh Contact: J’Ingrid Mathis, MS
PREVENT (Preventing Violence through Education, Networking, and Technical Assistance) PREVENT, a program of the National Training Initiative for Injury and Violence Prevention (NTI) completed its fourth year of program activities in 2007. The project’s mission is to enhance capacity of individual practitioners and their organizations to engage in the primary prevention of violence on a national level. During 2007, PREVENT continued to train practitioners through a combination of on-site institutes at UNC-CH and remote team coaching. To date, the program has trained approximately 900 violence prevention leaders in 44 states. In addition to on-site training, PREVENT advanced its distance learning component and introduced a series of violence prevention topic-specific web-based modules: Suicide; Youth Violence; Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence. Key Personnel: Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD (PI); Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH; Desmond Runyan, MD, DrPH; Sandra L. Martin, PhD; Karl Umble, PhD, MPH; Michael Yonas, DrPH, MPH; Andrés Villaveces, PhD, MPH; Phyllis Fleming, PhD; J’Ingrid Mathis, MS; Liz Knight, MSW; Johnny Lee, MA; Karen Strazza Moore, MPH; Jessica Zakrewski; Sharon Berlin Other Organizations or Institutions Represented: Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association UNC School of Public Health UNC School of Medicine National Center for Injury Prevention and Control North Carolina Institute for Public Health Funding: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Contact: Karen Strazza Moore, MPH
The UNC IPRC Seminar Series provides an opportunity for UNC faculty, staff, students, and the community at large to learn about the latest findings from injury research and practice on and beyond the UNC campus. The series covered a variety of topics including: policy making to prevent injuries in Bogotá, Colombia; the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System; NC Detect, an epidemiologic collection tool for disease event tracking; child labor practices in Brazil; motor vehicle collisions with animals in NC and injury to drivers and passengers; epidemiology of tri-athlete training practices; and acculturation, youth violence and suicide. Presenters included UNC IPRC core faculty, faculty from the UNC campus, scholars from across the globe and students funded by the UNC IPRC Student Small Grants program. One of the seminars, Thirteen Years of Policies Aimed at Controlling Injuries: The Experiences of Bogotá, Colombia, was co-hosted by the office of Global Health, Gillings School of Public Health. UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) Events Calendar Key Personnel: Karen Demby, PhD; J’Ingrid Mathis, MS; Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD Other Organizations or Institutions Represented: UNC Office of Global Health Funding: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Contact: Karen Demby, PhD
2007 Patricia F. Waller Lecture In September, UNC IPRC, in collaboration with the UNC Highway Safety Research Center and the UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychology, hosted Dr. Russell T. Jones, Professor of Psychology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, as the Patricia F. Waller Lecturer. Dr. Jones, an expert on the psychological effects of trauma and natural disasters, presented Psychosocial Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, which highlighted his new work on the more hidden, and perhaps more harmful and long-lasting effects of the storm. The Patricia F. Waller Lecture commemorates the life and career of Dr. Patricia F. Waller, the Center’s founding Director. Previous lecturers have been: Dr. Allan L. Williams, Professor Susan P. Baker, and Dr. Lindsay I. Griffin, III. Key personnel: Karen Demby, PhD; J’Ingrid Mathis, MS; Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD; Donald Lysle, PhD; David Harkey, P.E.; Jennifer Bonchak Other Organizations or Institutions Represented: UNC Highway Safety Research Center UNC Department of Psychology Funding: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Patricia F. Waller Endowment Fund Contact: Karen Demby, PhD
Online Training Resources
Classroom Courses at the UNC School of Public Health Injury and Violence as Public Health Problems (HBHE 725/MHCH 725/ EPID 695) This three-credit course is offered yearly by the UNC School of Public Health with support from UNC IPRC. The course considers the causes and consequences of traumatic injury within developmental, social, and economic contexts, and dilemmas in injury research and prevention. Injuries associated with transportation, violence, the home, and occupational environments are included. Key Personnel: Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD; Jonathan Kotch, MD, MPH Other Organizations or Institutions Represented: None Funding: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control UNC School of Public Health Contact: Carol W. Runyan, MPH, PhD
Outreach IPRC collaborates with a variety of local, state, regional, and national groups to help develop capacity through periodic technical assistance and consultation on issues related to injury or violence research or practice. |
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