EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION
OF INTENTIONAL INJURY
EPID 619: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF INTENTIONAL INJURY
Aleta L. Meyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Clinical Research Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health
Tuesdays & Thursdays 10-11:55am
Grant House 314
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will provide an overview of the epidemiology of intentional injury. Prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of violence will be elaborated. The role of public health in moving research to effective practice in the US and world-wide will be the overall focus. Upon completion of this course, you will have gained an understanding of the following:
- The prevalence, risk and protective factors for various types of intentional injury;
- The health consequences of violence on victims and perpetrators;
- The role of public health in violence prevention;
- The state of the art in violence prevention research (from interventions to research design to practice improvement);
- The strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to prevention of intentional injury; and
- The political, cultural, and economic issues related to violence and its prevention.
Dr. Meyer has 18 years experience collaboratively designing, implementing, evaluating, and replicating effective health promotion and prevention programs for early adolescents. The programs she has helped design and to evaluate focus on violence prevention, depression prevention, and cancer prevention in both rural and urban settings. She is on the faculty of VCU’s CDC Academic Center of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention and involved in the implementation and evaluation of innovative violence prevention programs. An evolving research interest of hers involves developing effective strategies for dissemination/diffusion of integrated, comprehensive best practices for prevention in secondary schools.
