The Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World Workshop Summary (2014) / Chapter Skim
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2 The Need for Evidence
2 The Need for Evidence
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However, while increasing emphasis is being given to the evidence of violence prevention, workshop speaker Patrick Tolan from the University of Virginia noted there is limited consensus on the strength and type of evidence required to label programs as "evidence-based." Workshop speakers discussed different types of evidence and methodologies for collecting evidence, and why building evidence for violence prevention is significantly important.
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Some workshop speakers warned against assuming that quantitative studies necessarily yield neutral results, given that the choice to study a particular indicator inherently gives increased value to that indicator and implies that its measurement will provide significant information. Many speakers discussed the importance of widening the knowledge base to include qualitative methods and data to inform the process of ascribing meaning to measurements and to provide a more comprehensive understanding of violence prevention.
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Forum co-chair and workshop speaker Jacquelyn Campbell from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing referred to the December 2012 special issue of Lancet on the Global Burden of Disease Study, which showed how interpersonal violence and suicide rank against other causes of death in terms of mortality, and noted existing prevalence data that expose the problem and magnitude of violence. Santos Pais discussed the potential for prevalence data to better expose the depth of violence -- where it happens and whom it affects.
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Santos Pais noted that if people invest in prevention of violent household incidents early in a child's life, they can "break this cycle and, in fact, create an opportunity for non-violence to prevail." Jerry Reed from the Education Development Center added that understanding the root causes of different types of violence could expose linkages and relationships among different types that can lead to more comprehensive approaches to prevention.
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Evidence can help stakeholders to better understand the costs and benefits of certain interventions, and ultimately, as Santos Pais noted, help communities to develop a shared vision for violence prevention. Resource and Program Efficiencies Workshop speaker Neil Boothby from Columbia University noted that the violence prevention community has access to a limited amount of resources; thus, evidence can help determine the most efficient use of these resources.
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In addition, evidence can inform perpetrators about nonviolent responses to conflict that may not be as widely used in their communities. For example, Santos Pais noted that some parents who physically punish their children may not be aware of other effective disciplinary methods, especially if they were physically punished as children themselves.
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. • Evidence can increase the effectiveness of interventions by contribut ing to a shared vision for program design and implementation, better resource allocation, increased awareness, shifts in social norms, and continued program improvement (Boothby, Ligiero, Santos Pais, Reed, Rosenberg)
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