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Upcoming Events
VPI Partner Vistelar Group to Host Beyond Conflict Conference November 7-10 2013
For the first time ever, the Vistelar Group is opening its annual conference to anyone who faces conflict in the workplace or their personal lives. Beyond Conflict 2013 will beheld Nov. 7-10 at the Brookfield Sheraton in Brookfield, WI.
For more information about the Vistelar Group visit www.Vistelar.com. To register for the conference visit www.BeyondConflict2013.com.
Alverno College Research Center For Women and Girls Presents: Identifying, Preventing and Confronting Bullying Behavior
When: November 9th, 2013
Where: Alverno College, Clare Hall, Room 133
Time: 12:00-4:00p.m.
For more information, click here.
Milwaukee Police Department District # 6 Open House
When: November 9th, 2013
Where: 3006 S. 27th St. Milwaukee,WI. 53215
Time: 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m.
For more details, click here.
Preventing Gun Violence: A Community Summit - Coming Together
When: November 14th, 2013
Where: Tripoli Shrine Center 3000 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI. 53208
Time: 8:30a.m.-3:00p.m.
The Violence Prevention Initiative is proud to be a co-sponsor for the Preventing Gun Violence: A Community Summit - Coming Together. The summit is based upon the belief that youth and adults working in collaboration is vital to sustainable and effective efforts to improve the health of our community.This unique summit will bring together young people with community workers and leaders to look at the impact that the misuse of guns afflicts upon our city and to collectively develop actionable strategies to prevent and reduce future harms in Milwaukee. to register for this free event, click here.
Intergenerational Symposium: Chain of Dreams
When: November 19th, 2013
Where: Italian Community Center
Time: 8:30a.m.-3:00p.m.
The Milwaukee County Department of Aging in partnership with the MCW Violence Prevention Initiative presents the "Chain of Dreams" Intergenerational Symposium. The symposium will provide an opportunity to explore and address the breakdown of communication and lack of trust amongst youth and older adults.
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Announces Child Sex Trafficking: Law Enforcement Response Training December 9-11, 2013
The DOJ and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs will be hosting a course designed to provide law enforcement investigators, human trafficking task force members, and social service providers with the information necessary to properly understand, recognize and investigate cases involving child sex trafficking and exploitation. For more information and to register for this event click here. |
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What Is Cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Electronic technology includes devices and equipment such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.
Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles. To learn more about cyberbullying, click the following link.
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Research Corner:
New Data Available on WISQARS Nonfatal Injury and Leading Causes of Nonfatal Injury Modules
The Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) is an interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury data from a variety of sources. Researchers, practitioners, the media, and the general public can use WISQARS data to learn more about the public health and economic burden of injury in the United States. Users can search, sort, and view the injury data and create reports, charts, maps, and slides.
The WISQARS Nonfatal Injury and Leading Causes of Nonfatal Injury modules provide national estimates of nonfatal injuries and nonfatal injury rates for persons treated in US hospital emergency departments. CDC has recently updated these modules to include 2012 data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program. National estimates of nonfatal injuries and nonfatal injury rates for the United States, 2000-2012, overall and by sex, age groupings, and mechanism and intent of injury are now available online.
Policy Evaluation Tools for Injury and Violence Prevention Webinar November 12th, 2013
Overview: Policy strategies are paramount in addressing injury and violence prevention at a population-based level. Although policy has been used effectively in some areas of injury and violence prevention, there are some areas where the evidence base for policy strategies can be improved. Subsequently, policy evaluation can serve an important purpose along the entire chain of the policy process. In this webinar, the American Public Health Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control will discuss policy evaluation tools that can be used to assist with integrating policy into public health prevention efforts. Participants will also be exposed to state-level approaches to policy evaluation as showcased by experiences from Nebraska and Ohio.
To register for this event, click here.
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