A conceptual framework for understanding and addressing inequities in risk for violence: Examples from CDC’s division of violence prevention

Metzler, Marilyn

Friday, March 20, 2015: 4:00 PM-5:20 PM

Room 10/11 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speakers:
Marilyn Metzler, RN, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jenny Dills, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kirsten Rambo, PhD, Division of Violence Prevention

Learning Objectives:

Have an understanding of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) framework on social determinants of health.
Understand CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention overall approach to addressing inequities in risk for violence.
Have an understanding of how this framework can be applied to addressing inequities in risk for child maltreatment and intimate partner violence.

Description:
This session will introduce participants to the World Health Organization’s framework on the Social Determinants of Health and to examples of how CDC’S Division of Violence Prevention uses the framework to understand and address inequities in risk for violence.

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