VOICE Program 2022
After positive responses from community members in the VOICE Program 2021, we partnered with community organizations and hospital outreach programs to engage community workers and healthcare providers in our violence prevention curriculum. We also wished to educate and empower the participants about gun violence. Using our previous projects as a foundation, we created learning collaborative sessions that discussed the following topics:
- Gun violence prevention introduction
- Effects of gun violence
- Gun safety planning and crisis management
- Gun violence intervention programs
- Gangs and gun violence exposure
- Role of depression in gun violence
- Substance abuse and drug use
- Intimate partner violence (IPV)
Outcomes:
- Data from surveys after the learning collaborative sessions indicated a high prevalence of exposure to gun violence, gang violence, substance abuse, depression, and IPV among participants.
- 98% of participants were satisfied with the presentation
- 98% would recommend the sessions to their peers
- Mean intervention knowledge scores were 93/100
- 80% felt comfortable reaching out for more resources