Youth Violence Prevention Training for Health Professionals

描述（由申请方提供）：在拟议的SBIR项目中，维达健康通信公司（维达）将为卫生专业人员制作、评估和分发预防青少年暴力培训。利用互联网和DVD技术的成熟优势，这一全面的培训，包括一个基于网络的多媒体程序的卫生保健专业人员将具有基于问题的教学设计。拟议的课程将建立在《青年暴力：医生和其他卫生保健专业人员指南》的基础上，并借鉴该指南，该指南由该项目的首席专家顾问Robert Sege，医学博士，博士和Vincent Licenziato为马萨诸塞州医学会编辑。它将解决由CDC资助的青年暴力预防学术卓越中心开发的核心能力。视频内容将作为培训的重点，将包括各种形式的青年暴力（如打架、学校冲突、自杀、欺凌、亲密伴侣故意伤害、目睹暴力）的案例故事，并演示评估青年风险和复原力的访谈技巧。它将包括与社区资源建立伙伴关系的战略。将有一个可选的“培训员工具包”，这将扩大跨协作专业培训的可能性。该工具包将包括DVD，其中包含基于网络的方案的视频内容、讲习班领导人指南和.pdf格式的学习评估工具。第一阶段的总体目标是证明预防青少年暴力培训方案的技术价值和可行性。第一阶段将产生一个原型，该原型已经过儿科、急诊医学、外科和家庭实践的居民以及在这些部门工作的医院护士的可用性和有效性测试。具体目标是：（1）利用关键知情人访谈和专家小组审查确定方案内容;（2）制作方案原型，包括一个带有视频案例研究和访谈方法演示的模块;（3）通过专家审查和焦点小组评估方案的内容和可行性。第二阶段的奖励将资助整个项目的开发和严格的实验设计评估。该SBIR的最终产品将是一个国家的科学多媒体培训计划，为卫生专业人员提供跨专业学科，实践专业和教育水平的实用性。7.故意伤害仍然是美国儿童和青少年死亡和残疾的主要原因之一，青少年暴力的经济影响-医疗费用，生产力损失，生活质量下降-被认为每年超过1580亿美元。研究表明，大多数医生和其他卫生保健专业人员没有将预防暴力作为日常护理的一部分。这项研究将为准备在青年暴力预防和干预中发挥关键作用的临床医生提供以科学为基础的成本效益培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the proposed SBIR project, Vida Health Communications, Inc. (Vida) will produce, evaluate and distribute Youth Violence Prevention Training for Health Professionals. Drawing on the proven advantages of the Internet and DVD technologies, this comprehensive training including a web-based multimedia program for health care professionals will feature a problem-based instructional design. The proposed curriculum will build on and draw from Youth Violence: A Guide for Physicians & Other Health Care Professionals, edited by the project's Principal Expert Consultants Robert Sege, MD, PhD and Vincent Licenziato for the Massachusetts Medical Society. It will address core competencies developed by Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention, funded by CDC. Video elements will serve as focal points for training, and will include case stories about various forms of youth violence (such as fighting, school conflicts, suicide, bullying, intentional injury by an intimate partner, witnessing violence) and demonstration of interview techniques for assessing risk and resilience in youth. It will include strategies for building partnerships with community resources. There will be an optional "trainers' toolkit" which will expand the possibilities for training across collaborative specialties. The toolkit will include DVDs containing video content from the web-based program, a workshop leader's guide, and learning assessment tools in .pdf format. The overall goal of Phase I is to prove the technical merit and feasibility of the youth violence prevention training program. Phase I will yield a prototype that has been tested for usability and effectiveness with residents in pediatrics, emergency medicine, surgery and family practice, and with hospital nurses working in those departments. Specific aims are (1) establish the program content, using key informant interviews and expert panel review (2) produce a prototype of the program, including one module with a video case study and demonstration of interviewing methods, and (3) evaluate the content and feasibility of the program, via expert review and focus groups. A Phase II award will fund the development of the full program and an evaluation with a rigorous experimental design. The final product of this SBIR will be a state-of-the-science multi-media training program for health professionals with demonstrated usefulness across professional disciplines, practice specialties, and levels of education. 7. Project Narrative - Relevance to Public Health Intentional injuries remain among the leading causes of death and disability for children and adolescents in the United States and the economic impact of youth violence - medical expenses, lost productivity, reduced quality of life - is thought to exceed $158 billion per year. Studies show that most physicians and other health care professionals do not include violence prevention as a part of routine care. This research will result in a science-based and cost effective training for clinicians poised to play a crucial role in youth violence prevention and intervention.