Youth violence prevention curriculum for undergraduate nursing and allied health students.

This paper presents the curriculum-development process, implementation, and relevant evaluation outcomes of the Introduction to Violence Prevention in Children and Youth (INTD 4065) course designed by the Center for Hispanic Youth Violence Prevention (CHYVP) of the University of Puerto Rico. The training curriculum was implemented in the academic year 2003-2004 as an undergraduate interdisciplinary three-credit course for nursing and allied health students at one of the schools of the Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico. Objectives for the curriculum include developing competencies in child and youth violence prevention in undergraduate allied health and nursing students and promoting involvement of undergraduate health professionals in child and youth violence prevention efforts.

Training healthcare professionals in youth violence prevention: an overview.

Youth violence prevention (YVP) is a top priority for all healthcare providers. Violence ranks among the leading causes of death for children and adolescents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established the Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention (ACE YVP) to address this important national problem. One of the tasks of each ACE YVP is to develop YVP curricula for healthcare professionals. This article describes the experience of three ACE YVPs in developing curricula for nurses, allied health professionals, and physicians, including the identification of national resources, incorporation with local community resources, and areas of commonality and difference for incorporation at other sites. Each of the ACE YVP curricula described uses a multidisciplinary approach to teach learners. Two of the sites developed separate courses for students (University of California, San Diego and University of Puerto Rico) whereas the third integrated teaching through the medical school (University of Hawaii).

[Common competencies for the prevention of violence among young people]. / Competencias comunes para la prevención de violencia en jóvenes.

The high prevalence of violence in children and youth has been a great concern among diverse sectors of our society. Considered as a complex public health problem, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Atlanta, Georgia, has financed local and national projects geared to its prevention. This work describes the process in which the Developing Centers of Youth Violence Prevention from the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Southern California collaborated in the development of core competencies for health professionals in youth violence prevention. This two Developing Centers are projects funded by the CDC.