Program Description: Violence is an epidemic, disproportionately hurting young people of color. Victims of violence are at increased risk for repeated injury and poor health. Hospital programs that connect patients with intensive case management and treatment for psychological trauma can reduce cycles of community violence. The intent of this program is to provide strategies to improve practice in hospital – linked violence intervention strategies.

Target Audience: This program is appropriate for health care providers, social workers, behavioral health providers, first responders and anyone who is interested to decrease violence in the community. Continuing education credits will be available for Nurses, NPs, PAs, Physicians, and Social Workers.

Objectives:

1. Identify best practices in secondary prevention in the hospital setting.

2. Utilize community resources in the post hospital period to enhance trauma informed care to reduce reinjury, incarceration, and death

3. Develop an interprofessional network to reduce the incidence and impact of violence in Delaware County

8:45am - 9:00 – ZOOM room open

9:00 am – 10:15 am Keynote Address: Violence Prevention on the Front Lines: Caring Clinicians Coast to Coast

Rochelle Dicker, MD, Professor in Residence, Department of Surgery, UCLA, Board Chair of the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention

Joel Fein, MD, MPH Professor, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and co-director, Center for Violence Prevention at CHOP

10:15 am - 11:45 am - Center for Violence Prevention; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Jacqueline Kendrick, MSW, LCSW - Clinical Supervisor Violence Intervention Specialist

Jody Thigpen, MSW, LCSW Violence Prevention Specialist

11:45 am -11:55 am Stretch Break

11:55 am - 1:00 pm – Making Connections in the Chester Community – Panel Discussion

Sandra Durgin, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN Trauma Program Director, Crozer Chester Medical Center

Cory Long, Founder - Making A Change Group

Erika Dawkins, Psyd, M.ED – Clinical Director, Chester Community Coalition

Ronald D Williams, Jr DMin, MDiv, MA BSBA, Pastor, Macedonia SDA Church Cure Violence Chester Peace Initiative