About Us
In 2019, we initiated the VOICE Program with the following objectives in mind:
- To stratify demographics at risk in gun-related homicides
- Determine circumstances that raise the risk of gun-related homicides
- Investigate health risk factors related to gun-related homicides
Mission & Vision
Looking forward, there is an urgent need to screen patients for firearms at home similar to clinical guidelines with suicidal ideation, IPV, and youth violence. There is also a need to train healthcare professionals regarding patient gun safety and preventing gun violence in the community.
History
- Created a VOICE Program website to increase accessibility for the local medical community and make our content enduring
- Tailored and implemented a hybrid VOICE Program for UH and NJMS staff
- Engaged in a learning collaboration of community workers and healthcare providers to promote gun violence prevention and intervention
- Tailored and delivered the validated violence prevention curriculum for community and hospital partners
- Used feedback from community stakeholders to develop animated educational videos based on the preliminary study in 2020
- Developed pre- and post-evaluation surveys on Research Data Capture and Management (RedCap) using validated questions from the literature
- Pilot-tested with 110+ respondents including peers and Newark community members
- Identified the major risk factors and consequences of gun violence
- Conducted a literature review on gun violence prevention and intervention
- Recorded virtual educational PowerPoint presentations for various populations
- Pilot-tested with 150+ respondents.
- Used the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data to explore risk factors for firearm death
- Developed a collaborative violence prevention program among community and hospital partne