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
- Heighten local, national, & global visibility of Tulane’s existing research expertise, educational outputs, & active violence prevention efforts in communities worldwide.
- Grow violence prevention-related research & community-based implementation & dissemination efforts to translate research into practice.
- Strengthen interdisciplinary connections & collaborations among Tulane faculty, staff, current & prospective students, alums, & community partners engaged in violence prevention.
Our Approaches
- 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
- Research & Evaluation: research and expertise shared through books, chapters, articles, and conferences
- Training: student courses and public events around violence prevention approaches
- Programming: events that promote social cohesion, community building, and information sharing
- Translation of Science to Practice: conversations with media and a digital presence to promote violence prevention
- Outreach: local, state, and national partnerships to cultivate a network beyond academia
Areas of Focus
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Community & Neighborhood Violence
- Firearm Violence
- Gender-based & Domestic Violence
- HIV & Violence
- Police Violence
- Queer & Trans Violence
- Reproductive Justice
- Structural, Systemic, and Institutional Violence
- Youth 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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