title: Development of an Emergency Department Violence Intervention Program for Youth: An Integrated Knowledge Translation Approach.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Violent interpersonal injury is a common presentation to emergency departments (EDs) and is increasingly being treated as a preventable condition. Given the complexity of the issue, it is key to ensure interventions are feasible and acceptable within the communities that are affected by violence. Our team consists of ED staff, community members who work with youth affected by violence, people who were affected by violence in their youth, and researchers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We describe how an integrated knowledge translation (KT) process was used to develop an ED violence intervention program (EDVIP) for youth affected by violence.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Guidelines for integrated KT (iKT) to develop an EDVIP. Specifically, we report the Knowledge to Action process which involves both knowledge creation and an action cycle.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our team determined the research question, the research approach, assessed feasibility and determined outcomes for our study. Using the iKT approach facilitated initiation of a funded trial that is now active.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper highlights the benefit of including community experts at the beginning of and throughout the research process.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Snider
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mordoch
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chernomas
authors.forename: Jamil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: Floyd
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wiebe
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Depeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strome
authors.forename: Sarvesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Logsetty
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008350:Manitoba; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*