Protecting Youth from Gun Violence
Public Health Approaches to PROTECTING YOUTH
A THREE PART CONFERENCE SERIES
Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences, the School Health Academy, and the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law present a three-part virtual conference to highlight the impact of gun violence on youth during the time of COVID and beyond.
The social and economic impact of COVID has increased the risk of gun violence affecting youth. Unrelenting stress and a spike in gun purchases have sparked an increase in gun violence that can be expected to continue post-COVID.
Health care professionals and other experts will discuss the increased risk of gun violence at home and in public (including schools) during the COVID pandemic, and recommend public health approaches to reduce gun violence affecting youth. Each session includes Q&A and a moderated break-out discussion.
Who should attend?
Health care providers, public health officials, educators, policy makers, others working to protect youth from firearm injuries and death.
Conference fee: $75 for series
Credit: Nurses are eligible for CE credit
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Thea James, MD
Vice President, Mission for Boston Medical Center
Director of the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP), Boston Medical Center, Supervising Medical Officer
Boston Disaster Medical Assistance Team (MA-1 DMAT)
Founding member of the National Network of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Advocacy Programs (NNHVIP)
Appointed to National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence (2011)
SPEAKERS
Kendall Bruce, MBA
Youth Violence Community Coordinator Specialist
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Lauren Cardoso, PhD candidate, MSW
Epidemiologist, Child & Youth Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Quaniqua Carthan-Love, MSSW, MA
Director of Planning and Programming, Cities United
Cities United Youth Leader
Robin Cogan MEd, RN, NCSN
Nationally Certified School Nurse
Author, The Relentless School Nurse Blog
Professor James Alan Fox, Ph.D
Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern University, Member of USA Today Board of Contributors
Mary Harvey, Ph.D
Director, Violence Transformed
Public Health Advocacy Institute, Northeastern University School of Law
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance
Margo Lindauer, JD, LLM
Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Clinical Programs
Director, Domestic Violence Institute
Northeastern University School of Law
Dr. Peter T. Masiakos, MS, MD, FACS, FAAP
Trauma Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-founder of MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention
Dr. Matthew Miller, MD, MPH, ScD
Professor of Health Sciences and Epidemiology at Northeastern University
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health
Co-Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Dr. Mary Beth Miotto, MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatrician, Vice President of the Mass Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. Carmen C. Sceppa, MD, PhD
Dean of Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Northeastern University
Dr. Chana Sacks, MD
Medicine Researcher and General Internist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Director, MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention
Images Editor, New England Journal of Medicine
HOSTS
Sarah C. Peck, JD
Director, #UnitedOnGuns
Public Health Advocacy Institute
School of Law
Northeastern University
Mark Gottlieb, JD
Executive Director
Public Health Advocacy Institute
School of Law
Northeastern University
Jenny Gormley, DNP, MSN, RN, NCSN
Lead Nurse Planner, School of Nursing
Director, School Health Academy
School of Nursing
Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Northeastern University
Kathy Hassey, DNP, MEd, RN
Director, School Health Academy
School of Nursing
Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Northeastern University
AGENDA
Part I — Risk of gun violence at home
January 14, 4.00 – 5.30 PM
Welcome
Carmen Sceppa, MD, Ph.D., Dean of the Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Keynote speaker
Dr. Thea James, Boston Medical Center
Dr. James will discuss BMC’s Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP), a hospital-based approach to protect youth from gun violence in their homes and communities.
Expert Panel
Dr. Matthew Miller, MD, MPH, ScD – expert on suicide and gun injuries
Margo Lindauer, JD – expert on domestic violence prevention
Discussion
Dr. Miller and Attorney Lindauer will discuss emerging effects of COVID on family life caused by increased stress, social isolation, and virtual schooling and the associated risk of suicide, domestic violence, and accidents in homes where a gun is present. Because gun violence at home is expected to continue post-COVID, our experts will describe evidence-based approaches that can reduce the risk of suicide, accidents, and domestic violence. The expert presentation will be followed by moderated Q&A.
Breakout Groups
Part II — Gun Violence in the Public Space
January 21, 4.00 – 5.30 PM
Expert Panel
Professor James Alan Fox, Ph.D – Expert on mass shootings and youth gun violence
Quaniqua Carthan-Love, MSSW, MA – Designer of youth leadership programs to reduce incidence of urban gun violence
Cities United Youth Leader
Robin Cogan, RN – School nurse, expert on school mental health resources
Discussion
Criminologist James Fox will discuss the increase of gun violence during COVID and the ongoing challenge of protecting youth from gun violence in urban communities. Quaniqua Carthan Love-will describe City United’s approach to protecting at-risk youth from violence and introduce an inspiring youth leader, who will speak from personal experience. Nurse Robin Cogan will discuss school mental health resource needs and describe approaches school nurses can use to assist youth in crisis. The expert presentation will be followed by moderated Q&A.
Breakout Groups
Part III — Public Health Recommendations
January 28, 4.00 – 6.00 PM
Expert Panel
Dr. Peter Masiakos and Dr. Chana Sacks, MD – Co-Directors of MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention
Dr. MaryBeth Miotto, MD – Pediatrician
Mary Harvey, Ph.D – Expert on preventing community-based trauma
Kendall Bruce, MBA and Lauren Cardozo, PhD candidate, MSW — Massachusetts Department of Public Health youth injury prevention experts
Discussion
Health care providers and public health experts will recommend evidence-based actions that health care providers, school administrators, and policymakers can take to reduce gun violence affecting youth during COVID and beyond. The expert presentation will be followed by moderated Q&A.
Breakout Groups
For press inquiries please reach out to Sarah Peck at [email protected].
For registration questions, please contact Kathy Hassey at [email protected].
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