Trauma Center Youth Violence Screening and Brief Interventions: A Multisite Pilot Feasibility Study
Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Adolescent; Feasibility Studies; Female; Health Promotion (methods); Humans; Male; Mass Screening (statistics & numerical data); Pilot Projects; Psychotherapy, Brief (methods); Risk Factors; Southeastern United States; Trauma Centers; Violence (prevention & control, psychology); Wounds and Injuries (epidemiology); Young Adult
Abstract
Every day, 16 American youths between the ages of 10 and 24 years are murdered; 84% of these fatalities involve a firearm. Nearly half of traumatic youth deaths result from violence-related injuries. In 2013, 580,250 youth suffered nonfatal, assault-related injuries, necessitating emergency department treatment. The aim of this multisite pilot study was to examine the process, feasibility, and challenges of violence brief interventions (VBIs). The participants were youth between 15 and 25 years of age, at 2 major Level 1 trauma centers (TCs; TC1, TC2) in the Southeastern United States. Eligible participants (N = 38; TC1: n = 20, TC2: n = 18) received at least 1 VBI during their hospital stay, which provided information about individual screening results and elicited patients' perspectives on violent and risky behaviors. More participants at TC2 than at TC1 completed 2 VBI sessions. Barriers to and support of implementation were identified at both sites, and factors for improving implementation were identified, including the need for staff support through clinical guidelines and coordinated prevention and outreach programs. Further research is needed to identify factors for successful implementation of VBIs in TCs.
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Publication Info
Published in Violence and Victims, Volume 32, Issue 2, 2017, pages 251-264.
APA Citation
Kazemi, D. M., Jacobs, D. G., Portwood, S. G., Veach, L., Zhou, W., & Hurley, M. J. (2017). Trauma Center Youth Violence Screening and Brief Interventions: A Multisite Pilot Feasibility Study. Violence and Victims, 32(2), 251–264. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-15-00141
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