Theresa,
In Calgary we have brought in routine screening for domestic violence in Emergency Departments throughout the Calgary Health
Region. Nurses screen women, men and older adolescents to ask if domestic violence is an issue in their lives, and if they are
safe at this time. The question is intentionally worded in a general way to allow either victims or perpetrators of domestic
violence to seek assistance. If a positive screen is received then hospital social work becomes involved to link to community
resources.
Also, there is an article I believe in the medical magazine "Medscape", regarding pediatricians providing information to families
on gun safety. Hope this is helpful. Debra Carnat,
Professional Practice Leader
Social Work
Alta Children's Hospital
Calgary
Theresa Griffin wrote:
> Social Determinants of Health <[log in to unmask]> on November 13, 2005 at 7:50
> PM -0500 wrote:
> >
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >I'm looking for examples of programmatic and policy interventions that
> >have proved effective in violence prevention and intervention in the
> >context of the social determinants of health in urban settings. My
> >question is posed in relation to gun violence in Toronto. Thank you.
>
> >
> >amanuel melles
> >Director, Organizational Capacity Building
> >United Way of Greater Toronto
> >26 Wellington Street East
> >Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1W9
> >Tel: 416-777 1444 ext. 213
> >Fax: 416-777-0962
> >[log in to unmask]
>
> I think you may find the following website and its resources useful
> ..perhaps you're already using it?
>
> The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change (formerly the
> Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and
> Families)
> Website: [ http://www.aspeninstitute.org
> ]http://www.aspeninstitute.org Browse by Program... Roundtable on
> Community Change
>
> Comprehensive Community Initiatives (CCIs) are neighbourhood-based efforts
> that seek improved outcomes for individuals and families as well as
> improvements in neighbourhood conditions by working comprehensively across
> social, economic and physical sectors. CCIs operate on the principle that
> community building, that is, strengthening institutional capacity at the
> neighbourhood level, enhancing social capital and personal networks, and
> developing leadership, is a necessary aspect of the process of
> transforming distressed neighbourhoods. Certainly "distressed
> neighbourhoods " describe the settings in which Toronto's gun violence is
> occuring.
>
>
> The following publications (all of which can be downloaded from their
> website) are particularly relevant must-reads in our search for solutions.
>
> 1) Voices From The Field I: Learning From The Early Work of Comprehensive
> Community Initiatives
>
> 2) Voices From The Field II: Reflections on Comprehensive Community Change
>
> 3) Building Knowledge About Community Change
>
> 4) Structural Racism and Community Building
>
> 5) Structural Racism and Youth Development: Issues, Challenges, and
> Implications
>
> Go to Tools for Dismantling Structural Racism... there you will find
> among many other publications the Community builders toolkit
> Project Change: A Community Builders Toolkit: 15 Tools for Creating
> Healthy, Productive Interracial/Multicultural Communities: A Primer for
> Revitalizing Democracy from the Ground Up (37pp) - The Community Builders
> Toolkit contains 15 elements that this project came to consider to be
> their lessons learned after having completed a field study of 14 of the
> efforts identified as promising practices by President Bill Clintons
> Initiative on Race. As the authors of the toolkit note, ...these are the
> minimum essential elements of effective community building. Deal with
> these matters, cover these bases...and you are most likely to develop a
> solid, healthy, sustainable community-building program.
>
> Theresa Griffin
>
> Institute of Child Study
> Ontario Institute for Studies In Education
> University of Toronto
>
> Tel. No. 416-934-4541 (W)
> Fax No.416-978-6485
> Tel. No. 416-536-6627 (H)
>
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