Strategic Focus
10 Point Plan
The VPA’s 10 point plan aims to address all the factors influencing crime, violence and their negative long term effects that affect our society, especially vulnerable groups. It includes an all hands on deck approach that focuses on crime prevention, child resiliency and safety, community unity, social re-engineering, violence injuries reduction, and a reduction in cost of care for injuries seen at hospitals across Jamaica.
Children
The VPA currently runs two child violence mitigation and resiliency programmes, these are; the Child Resiliency Programme and The Child Abuse Mitigation Project. While the Child Resiliency Programe is geared towards helping at risk youth attain a violent and crime free childhood, the Child Abuse Mitigation Programme helps those children who have been victims of violence seen at select hospitals across Jamaica.
Costs
The cost for community security and the treatment of violence related injuries (VRIs) is a significant burden to tax payers, and a hindrance to the development of Jamaica. The VPA along with its partners conduct cost of care surveys in majour hospitals across Jamaica. The survey results underline the circumstances that lead to VRIs, the treatment and care administered to VRI patients, and the cost of care for each VRI patient. This research also helps to develop informed interventions to aid in the reduction of VRIs and their associated costs.
Featured Materials
© Violence Prevention Alliance; Summary of activities: 10 Years of working for a violence free Jamaica.
The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is a network of WHO member states, international agencies and civil society organisations working to prevent violence. VPA participants share an evidence-based public health approach that targets the risk factors leading to violence and promotes multi-sectoral cooperation. Participants are committed to implement the recommendations… View
© World Health Organization 2016, INSPIRE; Seven Strategies for Ending Violence Against Children.
A recent study estimates that up to one billion children have experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence in the past year. INSPIRE is a technical package for everyone committed to preventing and responding to violence against children and adolescents – from government to grassroots, and from civil society to the private sector… View
Introductory Resource Materials
Violence Related
• VPA JAMAICA IN 2017
• VPA Violence Reduction 10-Point Plan 2017
Child Resiliency
Cost of Care
External Publications
A Think & Do Tank