Internet referrals for adolescent violence prevention: an innovative mechanism for inner-city emergency departments.
Internet referrals provide a potential solution to limited staff time in emergency departments for health education. One hundred fifteen adolescents were surveyed and referred to a violence prevention website; 22% logged on the website. Although this study bears replication, Internet referral may be a low-intensity intervention that could compliment other violence prevention strategies among adolescents.
Walton
Maureen
M
Department of Psychiatry and Addiction Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. waltonma@umich.edu
Cunningham
Rebecca
R
Xue
Yange
Y
Trowbridge
Matthew
M
Zimmerman
Marc
M
Maio
Ronald F
RF
D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014505:Urban Population; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*