Collaborating for violence prevention: training health professionals to work with schools.
The issue of youth violence continues to be a pressing public health problem. Increasingly schools are adopting a public health framework to address this problem and could benefit from the expertise of health professionals. The article explores opportunities for collaboration with schools, recommendations for successful collaboration, and implications for training.
Leaf
Philip J
PJ
Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. pleaf@jhsph.edu
Keys
Susan G
SG
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016730:Program Development; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D012572:School Health Services; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*