2015 NNHVIP Conference Call for Workshops
“Healing is Justice: Helping Systems of Care Promote Equity”
September 28-29, 2015
The California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities, Los Angeles, CA
The National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs’ annual conference
draws a diverse audience committed to breaking the cycle of violence and promoting healing in
communities where violent injuries occur. The over 200 attendees include: frontline gang
intervention workers, pediatric and adult physicians, public officials, experts and emerging
researchers from various academic fields, crisis responders, community-based programs and
organizations, social workers, mental health providers, nurses, members of state/local/federal
government, and community members affected by and/or responding to violence. Presentations
are encouraged that honor, promote and build upon the expertise of conference attendees.
Proposed Session Title: Prevening Violence through Hospital Programs within an
Integrated Health System
Suggest a title (8-10 words) that is informative and clearly reflects the presentation content.
PRESENTER(S) BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Name of Lead Speaker/Proposal Submitter: Lori Toscano
This person will be the contact and is responsible for all session logistics
Job Title: Director of Health Partnerships
Organization: Cure Violence
NNHVIP affiliation (i.e. member program, emerging program, other.):Member Organization
Street Address:1603 West Taylor St.
City, State, Zip: Chicago, IL 60612
Telephone: 443-386-9798
Email: ltoscano@uic.edu
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Additional Speakers: If applicable, identify any additional speakers below with e-mail and phone
information.
Name
E-mail address
Phone #
TBD
Professional Background: Provide a 1-4 sentence biography for each speaker to be used as an
introduction as well as an overview of your knowledge and experience related to the proposed
session topic and HVIP field; i.e.: years of experience in the related field, degrees held and from
what academic institutions, current appointments, concurrent responsibilities, areas of specialty,
past speaking engagements, etc.
Lori Toscano is the Director of Health Partnerships at Cure Violence and leads the organization
in establishing relationships with health organization, government entities, faith based
organizations, hospitals, and universities. Previously, Ms. Toscano was the Director of the Safe
Streets program, which implemented the Cure Violence model in four communities in Baltimore
and was successfully evaluate by Johns Hopkins University. Ms. Toscano has a Master’s of
Science in Criminal Justice from The University of Baltimore.
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PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION
Presentation Learning Objectives: List 3 educational goals of the presentation that specify
what participants will learn as a result of attending the presentation. (NNHVIP reserves the right to
edit objectives to meet requirements for CEUs)
1. Describe the importance of connecting to community efforts to prevent violence
with hospital programs
2. Identify the elements of a full health approach to violence prevention
3. Explain the scientific basis for considering violence as primarily a health issue
Session Categories: Check one or more categories that best represent the focus area of the
presentation.
☐ Promoting Equity / Addressing Bias
☒ Best Practices in Direct Services
☐ Policy and/or Advocacy
☐ Trauma-Informed Care
☐ Bridging Direct Service & Advocacy
☐ Mental Health
☐ Research
☒ Hospital-Community Partnership
☐ Other: Click here to enter text.
☐ Healing the Healers / Self-Care
I submit this workshop proposal for consideration for the preferred following event format(s):
(Check all that apply)
Presentation Length:
☒ 90 minute breakout session
☐ 40 minute presentation to be paired with another presentation on a similar topic
Presentation Format:
☒
Presentation (with or without Q&A to follow)
☒
Interactive training or conversation
(At this year’s conference, the planning committee is giving special consideration
to interactive workshops that build on the skills and expertise of audience
members. If checked, please specify what methods will be used to ensure
audience participation and interaction on the topic presented.)
Considering making the session interactive with participation by hospital-based
programs with community components. This would allow time to discuss best
practices, lessons learned, etc.
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Session Narrative: Please summarize the presentation in no more than 500 words).
This will be utilized to evaluate the overall relevance and quality of the proposed presentation. If
your presentation is selected, this narrative will also be adapted for the Conference Program.
The health sector can be more fully utilized to prevent violence. What is needed from the health
sector is what was identified 30 years ago by the Surgeon General C. Everett Koop’s Workshop
on Violence and Public Health: “education of the public on the causes and effects of violence,
education of health professionals as to better care for victims and better approaches to violence
prevention, improved reporting and data-gathering, some additional research, and increased
cooperation and coordination-networking if you will among health and health-related professions
and institutions.” (Cron 1986) In essence, what Dr. Koop described was a health system to
respond to violence as a health problem.
Despite this call some 30 years ago, the health sector today remains severely underutilized.
During this session, we will outline a framework for a full health approach to violence. We will
describe the roles for the institutions in the health sector, roles for different types of health
professionals, and the ways in which sectors outside of health can utilize elements of the health
perspective with the goal of reducing violence.
Specific attention will be paid to the hospital/community connection to describe ways in which
hospital programs can be more effective by preventing retaliations back in the community and
coordinating with outreach workers for victim follow up.
Presentation Agreement:
 Submit my PowerPoint presentation via email or flash drive no later than September 21, 2015.
 Provide all required information and affirmations for CEU certification, by due dates requested.
 Prepare, duplicate, and distribute handout materials for my presentation at my expense.
 Allow NNHVIP to list my contact information on printed and online materials.
 Presenters may not sell, promote or pitch any specific product or service.
 I understand NNHVIP cannot pay honoraria, travel, per diem, handouts or other costs for
speakers. In appreciation for your contribution, one approved speaker may attend the conference
at no cost for registration.
By submitting your presentation, you are agreeing to the presentation agreement.
*** Email submissions by May 1, 2015, to Ahmed Ali-Bob at ahmed@youthalive.org ***