The 2015 Dr. Daniel S. Blumenthal Public Health Summit is intended to inform healthcare providers, researchers, public health professionals, health and social service agency leaders, policy decision makers, medical residents, students, community-at-large, and community leaders of the importance of violence as a public health problem and its impact on individuals, families and communities across the life course and mobilize local communities for actions to prevent violence. Building on the dynamic discussions of last year, the 2015 Summit will focus on community solutions to interpersonal violence.
At the conclusion of the 2015 Public Health Summit, participants will be able to:
- - Identify the major factors contributing to the incidence of interpersonal violence in families, schools, and communities, including contributing factors of domestic and intimate partner violence, sexual abuse, bullying, and youth, gang, and police violence.
- - Describe promising strategies and successful practices to reduce the incidence and impact of interpersonal violence in communities.
- - Identify community programs and resources to strengthen local community capacity to promote interpersonal violence prevention and support survivors of interpersonal violence.
- - Disseminate evidence-based strategies and best practices to facilitate community engagement and effective implementation of violence prevention approaches in local communities.