Engaging with Experts on Trending Topics: Supporting Young Male Survivors of Violence
The aim of this talk was to highlight three community and hospital-based violence interventions which are designed to lessen the traumatic impact experienced by young male survivors of violence, and to stop the cycle of retaliation.
Presenters provided information on their respective programs.
-Caught in the Crossfire is a hospital-based peer intervention program that hires young adults who overcame violence in their own lives to work with youth who are recovering from violent injuries.
-Healing Hurt People is a community-focused, trauma-informed, hospital-based program designed to reduce PTSD, re-injury, and retaliation among youth ages 8–30.
-Make It Happen is a community program that provides young men who have experienced violence with the tools necessary to overcome traumatic experiences and enable them to succeed in spite of those experiences.
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