In October 2020, HRiA staff members participated in the first all virtual annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA). These presentations illustrate some of our work in training, capacity building, community engagement, and evaluation around topic areas including gun violence prevention, harm reduction, substance use prevention education, and tobacco legislation. Read the abstracts by clicking on the titles below.
Engaging formal and informal networks to prevent violence.
Moacir Barbosa, Richard Harding.
October 26, 2020
Building capacity and community among youth violence prevention organizations through creation of a gun violence prevention training center for excellence.
Nichelle Sadler, Natalie Johnson, Laurie Jo Wallace, Gregg Croteau, Geoff Foster, Lauren Cardoso, Moacir Barbosa and Neil Maniar.
October 26, 2020
Promoting racial equity at the individual, agency, and community levels: A Massachusetts approach to gun violence prevention.
Lauren Cardoso, Elizabeth Beatriz, Nicole Daley, W.W. Sanouri Ursprung, Alissa Caron, John Gettens, Nichelle Sadler, Moacir Barbosa and Yves Singletary.
October 27, 2020
Engaging service providers as harm reductionists: Learning to implement harm reduction strategies amidst organizational and institutional barriers.
Gracie Rolfe.
October 27, 2020
Community engagement and mobilization for the flavored tobacco ban in Massachusetts.
Lauren Ansong dePass, Tamika Francis, and Kathleen McCabe.
October 27, 2020
Building Massachusetts middle school educators’ knowledge and confidence to teach substance use prevention: A case study analysis of Project Here.
Ivy Schmalzried, Chloe Cheung, Mayowa Sanusi, Lisa Arsenault, and Valerie Polletta.
