A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Overview
This research project will establish the Mississippi Violent Injury Prevention (VIP) Program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in partnership with the communities to prevent firearm related violence, injury and mortality through a comprehensive approach of screening, brief intervention, and referral for treatment. The VIP aims to increase awareness in the community on firearm violence, develop community and hospital-based resources, reduce firearm injury and mortality, and decrease the economic burden of firearm violence.
The trial will test community-focused interventions using a step-wedge cluster approach and measures longitudinal community and individual impact of violence prevention interventions. The trial will rigorously evaluate the efficacy of four interventions specifically tailored to community needs via a cluster-randomized clinical trial and evaluate strategies for optimal dissemination.
Together, individual team members represent community activists and several academic disciplines, including emergency medicine, psychology, public health, law, and nursing. The project partners with four well-established community groups, People’s Advocacy Institute, Strong Arms of JXN, Operation Good, and the Mississippi Public Health Institute.
Location: Jackson, Hinds County, MS.
Research Aims
Phase One (Years 1 & 2)
- Define and create the machinery to longitudinally monitor the community-level social determinants of firearm injury in the greater Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area with respect to perceived needs, available resources and their utilization, and opportunities for capacity building.
- Identify principal community-specific risk elements for firearm injury, suboptimal functional recovery, and retaliation and reinjury, as well as collaboratively develop linked community- and hospital-based protective resources to address these risks.
Phase Two (Years 3, 4, & 5)
- Conduct a clinical trial that implements optimized community-focused interventions during the first phase using a step-wedge cluster approach, and measure longitudinal community and individual impact of violence prevention interventions on incidence of firearm injury, functional victim recovery, incidence of retaliation and reinjury, and economic impact.
- Coordinate ongoing community, regional, and telehealth expansion and adoption of optimized community-focused resources in concert with the Community Firearm Violence Prevention Network.
Principal Investigators
Principal Investigator, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Principal Investigator, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Principal Investigator, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Community Partners
Community Partner, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Co-Investigator, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Community Partner, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Study Team
Co-Investigator, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Co-Investigator, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Co-Investigator, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Co-Investigator, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Violence Research Manager, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Co-Investigator, A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Partners/Supporters
This research is supported by the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 1UG3MD018298-01.
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