2013 Healing Justice Alliance Conference

 

Healing, Safety, and Restorative Justice: Partnerships for Violence Intervention

National Museum of American Jewish History

101 South Independence Mall East

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

http://www.nmajh.org

 

The 5th Annual NNHVIP National Conference will be held on September 25-26, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA. The focus of this year’s conference is: “Healing, Safety, and Restorative Justice: System Partnerships for Violence Intervention,” as we expand our audience to welcome our partners in the mental health and justice sectors in working towards our common goal of violence intervention. Goals of the conference include:

  • Provide a forum to bring together hospital and community-based healthcare, mental health and justice system service providers, policy makers, and researchers with a vested interest in developing and strengthening hospital-based violence intervention programs and cross-sector violence prevention efforts.

  • Offer a platform for invited Keynote and Plenary Session speakers who have a vested interest in violence prevention and intervention and have advocated for increased recognition of this vulnerable population and improved access to services.

  • Focus on strategies to address the psychological trauma of violence which often goes unaddressed in healthcare settings. This trauma may impede the recovery processes and can increase risk for both re-injury, retaliation and death.

  • Provide information, feedback and national visibility for a trauma-informed approach that addresses the needs of victims of violence, particularly young males of color.

  • Provide a venue for collectively identifying, prioritizing and discussing the trauma-related service barriers affecting youth victims of violence, particularly young males of color.

  • Offer workshops facilitated by the Network’s Research, Policy, and Workforce Development Workgroups, which will meet the needs of both program directors, administrators and frontline staff.

Learning Objectives

After attending the course participants will be able to:

  • Describe trauma-informed practice for victims of violence;

  • Discuss strategies to address psychological trauma of violence in healthcare, mental health and justice settings;

  • Summarize the data collected on injured youth to improve health outcomes and evidence for hospital-based violence intervention programs;

  • Describe how trauma influences biology and human behavior;

  • Apply trauma-informed practices to patients who have experienced interpersonal violence to decrease their likelihood of developing chronic diseases;

  • Explain how hospital-based violence intervention programs improve well-being of the intentionally injured patient.

 

Accreditation Statement

This activity was planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Drexel University College of Medicine and the National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (NNHVIP). The Drexel University College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Designation Statement: The Drexel University College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) (TM). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AOA: This program is eligible for 11credits in Category 2A of the American Osteopathic Association.

ABA: This program is eligible for 11.5 credits

CHES: This program is eligible for Track 1 and 4 only for 7.5 credit hours

CLE:This program is eligible for 8.5 credit hours

PA Board of Nursing:This program is eligible for 11.5 credit hours

CPH:This program is eligible for 11.5 credit hours

Faculty Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of Drexel University College of Medicine to insure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational programs. Speakers at continuing medical education activities are required to disclose to the audience their financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial products, goods or services related to the subject matter of the program topic. Any conflicts of interest must be resolved prior to the presentation and announced to the audience. The intent of this disclosure is to allow participants to form their own judgments about the educational content of this activity and determine whether the speaker’s commercial interests influenced the presentation. In addition, speakers are required to openly disclose any off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices discussed in their presentation.

Disclosures for all speakers were announced prior to presentations and included in the program syllabus.

Acknowledgement

This program is funded by educational grants from the U. S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, Drexel University and Drexel University College of Medicine.

We also wish to acknowledge the generous support of and thank Advocate Christ Medical Center, The California Endowment, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Public Health Training Center.