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PREVENT is supported by a Cooperative Agreement from the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (www.ddcf.org) is to improve the quality of people’s lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and the prevention of child maltreatment, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke’s properties.
PREVENT is operated by the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, a partner in the National Training Initiative for Injury and Violence Prevention (NTI). PREVENT was launched in 2003 with support from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at CDC. To date, practitioners in 44 states have been trained in the primary prevention of different types of violence. NTI members serve as co-chairs of the PREVENT Steering Committee.
Other work being done by NTI includes: (1) developing the Core Competencies for Injury and Violence Prevention, (2) implementing a Training Resources Questionnaire to identify the current training resources for injury and violence prevention as well as the training needs of practitioners and leaders in the field, (3) creating a Training Resources Guide to serve a clearinghouse for the resources identified in the questionnaire, and (4) guiding the development of a Curriculum for Injury and Violence Prevention. For more information about NTI, please visit the website www.InjuryEd.org.
PREVENT is operated by the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center. The project leadership includes Carol Runyan, PhD, MPH (Principal Investigator), Andres Villaveces, MD, PhD (Co- Principal Investigator) and Desmond Runyan, MD, DrPH. The project began in October 2003.
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