Posts in program evaluation
Cost-benefit analysis simulation of a hospital-based violence intervention program

This study conducts a cost-benefit analysis simulation to estimate the savings an HVIP might produce in healthcare, criminal justice, and lost productivity costs over 5 years in a hypothetical population of 180 violently injured patients, 90 of whom received HVIP intervention and 90 of whom did not.

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Effectiveness of a Mentor-Implemented, Violence Prevention Intervention for Assault-Injured Youths Presenting to the Emergency Department: Results of a Randomized Trial

The goal was to assess the impact of a mentor-implemented, violence prevention intervention in reducing aggression, fighting, and reinjury among assault-injured youths.

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Randomized trial of a case management program for assault-injured youth: impact on service utilization and risk for reinjury

The purposes of this study were to (1) assess receptiveness of families to violence prevention interventions initiated after an assault injury and (2) assess the effectiveness of a case management program on increasing service utilization and reducing risk factors for reinjury among assault-injured youth presenting to the emergency department.

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Benefits of a hospital-based peer intervention program for violently injured youth

An evaluation was undertaken to determine if a hospital-based, peer intervention program, "Caught in the Crossfire," reduces the risk of criminal justice involvement, decreases hospitalizations from traumatic reinjury, diminishes death from intentional violent trauma, and is cost effective.

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Characterizing the teachable moment: is an emergency department visit a teachable moment for intervention among assault-injured youth and their parents?

We sought to operationalize the teachable moment (TM) construct and to determine whether an emergency department (ED) visit was a TM for intervention among assault-injured adolescents and their parents.

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