We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2019 Injury-Free NC Academy on Using a Shared Risk and Protective Factors Approach to Prevent Multiple Forms of Violence. The purpose of this program is to prepare new or existing community-based coalitions and teams to prevent violence by focusing on shared risk and protective factors that are common to multiple forms of violence and by implementing evidence-based/evidence-informed strategies.
What is Injury-Free NC?
The UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) and NC Division of Public Health Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) jointly developed Injury-Free NC (IFNC) to facilitate networking among people who work in different injury and violence prevention areas. The goal of IFNC is to train the injury and violence prevention workforce in North Carolina to incorporate best practices, promising strategies, and innovative programming into their work.
What is the Injury-Free NC
Academy?
The Injury-Free NC Academy is a training and program development resource for injury and violence prevention practitioners in North Carolina. Each cycle of the IFNC Academy focuses on a timely topic affecting North Carolinians. We are pleased to announce a 2019 Academy that focuses on using a shared risk and protective factors approach to prevent multiple forms of violence. Training activities focus on developing skills in primary prevention (preventing violence before it occurs), program planning, and the implementation and evaluation of evidenced-based and evidence-informed strategies to prevent violence among diverse populations.
When:
Session I (2-day training): March 20-21, 2019
Session II (2-day training): June 25-26, 2019
Session III (1-day interactive workshop): September 26, 2019
Location:
The in-person sessions will be held in or near Chapel Hill, NC. If accepted, your team must be able to meet on these dates in/near Chapel Hill.
IFNC Academy Costs
- No cost for registration, tuition, or materials
- No cost for breakfast, lunch, and drinks during in-person sessions
- Each team will be responsible for their own travel costs: lodging (if necessary), meals (dinner only), and transportation
Please choose one team leader to apply on behalf of the entire team by Friday, December 14, 2018, by 5:00 PM.
Have questions? Contact Kim Dixon at ksdixon@email.unc.edu or Ingrid Bou-Saada at Ingrid.bou-saada@dhhs.nc.gov
For more information and instructions on how to apply: 2019 Shared Risk and Protective Factors Approach Academy Information Packet + Application
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