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5 Violence Prevention Among Multiple Sectors
Pages 42-46

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... Many workshop speakers felt strongly that collaboration and an integrated response are necessary for successful, long-term prevention programs. David Butler-Jones of the Public Health Agency of Canada described Canada's approach to public health as "the organized efforts of society to improve health and well being and to reduce inequalities" and said that the efforts include multiple sectors outside of health in order to offer a comprehensive approach.
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From page 43...
... "They must also take into account the need for change at all levels of society, from national laws, policies, and institutions to community-level norms and support networks and household and individual attitudes and behaviors." James Lang from Partners for Prevention listed three key components of any comprehensive strategy: an evidence base, building the capacity of local partners, and communications for social change. Although the public health approach underscores the importance of collaborating across disciplines (particularly as prevention efforts move upstream)
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From page 44...
... Gail Wyatt said that in addition to using comprehensive approaches, interventions must be built on comprehensive theories of complex traumas and multiple types of exposures because sequelae and even interventions can be different. Cheryl Thomas emphasized the need for agreement from the entire group not only on the cost-effectiveness of prevention and intervention, but also on the foundational theory of the violence and its risk and protective factors.
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From page 45...
... Such contexts facilitate healing by providing a more hospitable environment, a major result of which is reduced re-victimization. Brigid McCaw described Kaiser Permanente's existing model of integration into a system of care, which makes it easy to implement system-wide models of change and to coordinate disparate sectors into one program.
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From page 46...
... It will also require addressing the stovepiping of funding and research, not only between sectors, but also within the health field, and violence prevention itself.
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