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Communications and Technology
for Violence Prevention

WORKSHOP SUMMARY

Katherine M. Blakeslee, Deepali M. Patel, and Melissa A. Simon,
Rapporteurs

Forum on Global Violence Prevention

Board on Global Health

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

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This study was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of Health and Human Services: Administration on Aging, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Office of Women’s Health; Anheuser-Busch InBev; the Avon Foundation for Women; BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company); Catholic Health Initiatives; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Department of Education: Office of Safe and Healthy Students; the Department of Justice: National Institute of Justice; Eli Lilly and Company; the F. Felix Foundation; the Fetzer Institute; the Foundation to Promote Open Society; the Joyce Foundation; Kaiser Permanente; the National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Research on Women’s Health, John E. Fogarty International Center; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR WORKSHOP
ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION1

JAMES A. MERCY (Chair), Special Advisor for Strategic Directions, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FRANCES HENRY, Advisor, F. Felix Foundation

BRIGID McCAW, Medical Director, NCal Family Violence Prevention Program, Kaiser Permanente

JODY RANCK, Principal Investigator, Public Health Institute

MARK L. ROSENBERG, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Task Force for Global Health

KASISOMAYAJULA “VISH” VISWANATH, Associate Professor, Harvard School of Public Health

LISA WITTER, Partner and Chief Change Officer, Fenton

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1Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.

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FORUM ON GLOBAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION

JACQUELYN C. CAMPBELL (Co-Chair), Anna D. Wolf Chair and Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

MARK L. ROSENBERG (Co-Chair), President and Chief Executive Officer, The Task Force for Global Health

ALBERT J. ALLEN, Senior Medical Fellow, Bioethics and Pediatric Capabilities, Global Medical Affairs and Development Center of Excellence, Eli Lilly and Company

CLARE ANDERSON, Deputy Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human Services

FRANCES ASHE-GOINS, Deputy Director, Office on Women’s Health, Department of Health and Human Services

KATRINA BAUM, Senior Research Officer, Office of Research Partnerships, National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice

SUSAN BISSELL, Associate Director, Child Protection Section, United Nations Children’s Fund

ARTURO CERVANTES TREJO, Director General, National Center for Injury Prevention, Ministry of Health, Mexico

XINQI DONG, Associate Director, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging; Associate Professor of Medicine, Behavioral Sciences, and Gerontological Nursing, Rush University Medical Center

AMIE GIANINO, Senior Global Director, Beer & Better World, Anheuser-Busch InBev

KATHY GREENLEE, Assistant Secretary for Aging, Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services

RODRIGO V. GUERRERO, Mayor, Cali, Colombia

JOHN R. HAYES, Executive Director, National Network of Depression Centers, Indiana University School of Medicine

DAVID HEMENWAY, Director, Injury Control Research Center and the Youth Violence Prevention Center, Harvard University School of Public Health

FRANCES HENRY, Advisor, F. Felix Foundation

MERCEDES S. HINTON, Program Officer, Initiative on Confronting Violent Crime, Open Society Institute

LARKE NAHME HUANG, Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services

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L. ROWELL HUESMANN, Amos N. Tversky Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Communication Studies; Director, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan

PAUL KESNER, Director, Safe and Supportive Schools Program, Office of Safe and Healthy Students, Department of Education

CAROL M. KURZIG, President, Avon Foundation for Women

JACQUELINE LLOYD, Health Scientist Administrator, Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse

BRIGID McCAW, Medical Director, NCal Family Violence Prevention Program, Kaiser Permanente

JAMES A. MERCY, Special Advisor for Strategic Directions, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

MARGARET M. MURRAY, Director, Global Alcohol Research Program, National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health

MICHAEL PHILLIPS, Director, Suicide Research and Prevention Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

COLLEEN SCANLON, Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Catholic Health Initiatives

KRISTIN SCHUBERT, Interim Team Director, Public Health and Program Officer, Vulnerable Populations, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

EVELYN TOMASZEWSKI, Senior Policy Advisor, Human Rights and International Affairs, National Association of Social Workers

ELIZABETH WARD, Chairman, Violence Prevention Alliance, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

Staff

DEEPALI M. PATEL, Program Officer

RACHEL M. TAYLOR, Research Associate

MEGAN M. PEREZ, Senior Program Assistant

KATHERINE M. BLAKESLEE, Global Program Advisor

MELISSA A. SIMON, Institute of Medicine Anniversary Fellow

JULIE WILTSHIRE, Financial Officer

PATRICK KELLEY, Board Director

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Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

AUDIE ATIENZA, Program Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

ROBBIN CRABTREE, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Fairfield University

FRANCES HENRY, Advisor, F. Felix Foundation

PATRICK MEIER, Director of Crisis Mapping, Ushahidi

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Don E. Detmer, Professor Emeritus and Professor of Medical Education at the Department of Public Health Sciences of the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

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Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the author and the institution.

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Acknowledgments

The Forum on Global Violence Prevention was established to develop multisectoral collaboration among stakeholders. Violence prevention is a cross-disciplinary field that could benefit from increased dialogue among researchers, policy makers, funders, and practitioners. As awareness of the insidious and pervasive nature of violence grows, so too does the imperative to mitigate and prevent it. The Forum seeks to illuminate and explore evidence-based approaches to the prevention of violence.

A number of individuals contributed to the development of this workshop and report. These include a number of staff members from the IOM and the National Academies: Patrick Kelley, Angela Christian, Julie Wiltshire, Marton Cavani, Daniel Bethea, Christina Fedak, Meg Ginivan, Yeonwoo Leibowitz, Patsy Powell, and Eileen Milner. The Forum staff, including Deepali Patel, Rachel Taylor, and Megan Perez, also put forth considerable effort to ensure this workshop’s success. The staff at the Embassy of Canada provided excellent support for the event.

The planning committee contributed several hours of service to develop and execute the agenda, with the guidance of forum membership. Reviewers also provided thoughtful remarks in reading the draft manuscript. Finally, these efforts would not be possible without the work of the Forum membership itself, an esteemed body of individuals dedicated to the concept that violence is preventable.

The overall successful functioning of the Forum and its activities depends on the generosity of its sponsors. Financial support for the Forum on Global Violence Prevention is provided by the Department of Health and Human Services: Administration on Aging, Administration on Children,

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Youth, and Families, Office of Women’s Health; Anheuser-Busch InBev; Avon Foundation for Women; BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company); Catholic Health Initiatives; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Department of Education: Office of Safe and Healthy Students; Department of Justice: National Institute of Justice; Eli Lilly and Company; F. Felix Foundation; Fetzer Institute; Foundation to Promote Open Society; the Joyce Foundation; Kaiser Permanente; National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Research on Women’s Health, John E. Fogarty International Center; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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In the last 25 years, a major shift has occurred in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the realization that violence is preventable. As we learn more about what works to reduce violence, the challenge facing those who work in the field is how to use all of this new information to rapidly deploy or enhance new programs. At the same time, new communications technologies and distribution channels have altered traditional means of communications, and have made community-based efforts to prevent violence possible by making information readily available. How can these new technologies be successfully applied to the field of violence prevention?

On December 8-9, 2011, the IOM's Forum on Global Violence Prevention held a workshop to explore the intersection of violence prevention and information and communications technology. The workshop - called "mPreventViolence" - provided an opportunity for practitioners to engage in new and innovative thinking concerning these two fields with the goal of bridging gaps in language, processes, and mechanisms. The workshop focused on exploring the potential applications of technology to violence prevention, drawing on experience in development, health, and the social sector as well as from industry and the private sector. Communication and Technology for Violence Prevention: Workshop Summary is the report that fully explains this workshop.

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