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It can be a formidable task to help a community to develop and practice a crisis management and response plan for a mass casualty event. Here are key things to consider when developing a response.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Specialist, India Azzinaro, BSW, describes how Children's and Mom's Project at CHOP trains medical providers on screening for IPV and then acts as referral resource for counseling so that all aspects of a child's care are covered.
Learn how employing a whole-school approach to bullying prevention, rather than singling out the bully or the victim, can lead to a culture of acceptance and empowerment.
Events that bring community organizations and academic institutions together embody the tenet of community-based participatory research. One such event is Community-driven Research Day, which was hosted at CHOP in January.
The Center for Violence Prevention's Preventing Relational Aggression in Schools Everyday (PRAISE) Program is one component of CHOP’s Partner for Prevention (P4P) program, a school-based bullying prevention program.