Interdisciplinary Approach to Violence Prevention
While housed in the The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, the Violence Prevention Institute is an interdisciplinary endeavor bringing together other social scientists, physicians, nurses, health care workers, mental health professionals, educators, and any community member interested in violence prevention.
Our Mission & Vision
The Violence Prevention Institute seeks to understand and address the root causes and consequences of violence through community-centered research and collaboration to improve the health, well-being, and safety for everyone.
We hope to foster an equitable world where everyone has what they need to thrive.
Our Goals
- Connect Tulane’s violence prevention faculty for teaching and/or research opportunities
- Partner with New Orleans and Gulf Coast community organizations for field-based experiences, research, and other collaborations
- Curate and share violence prevention resources and events with a variety of audience
Our Approaches
- Biological & Medical
- Epidemiology
- Law & Policy
- Mental Health & Psychological
- Prevention & Intervention
- Societal & Structural
Themes
- Community & Youth Participatory Research
- Multi-level Approaches
- Trauma-Centered Approaches
- Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Research and Practice
- Systems and Policy-level Change
- Arts-based Approaches
Our Activities
- Programming: events that promote social cohesion, community building, and information sharing
- Research & Evaluation: research and expertise shared through books, chapters, articles, and conferences
- Training: student courses and public events around violence prevention approaches
- Outreach: local, state, and national partnerships to cultivate a network beyond academia
- Translation of Science to Practice: conversations with media and a digital presence to promote violence prevention
Areas of Focus
- HIV & Violence
- Queer & Trans Violence
- Firearm Violence
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Youth Violence
- Gender-based & Domestic Violence
- Reproductive Justice
- Community & Neighborhood Violence
- Structural, Systemic, and Institutional Violence
- Police Violence
Our Commitment to Anti-Racism
VPI pledges to pursue an anti-racist agenda to create research and practice that is anti-racist, to continually advocate for anti-racist systems at all levels, and to contribute to the training of the next generations of anti-racist leaders in the field of violence prevention.
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