Have you worked on a health-related intervention on violence affecting young people in the UK?

Do you have evidence that can help us understand how health-related interventions are supporting young people affected by violence?

We are aiming to build the evidence base and want to hear from you.
What we need:
The NHS England Violence Reduction Academy, supported by Queen Mary University of London, are investigating evidence, service descriptions and practice guidelines for the prevention of violence against young people with an emphasis on health-related interventions. This includes health-based settings (hospitals, primary care, outpatient services), implementation by health-based teams and interventions related to health that are delivered in the community (schools, youth centres, community settings).

Our work explores the state of the evidence, but also the range of approaches, models and outcomes that exist to intervene in and prevent violence affecting young people.
We have reviewed the academic literature but know that much of the work happening in this area will not be formally published. We are interested in: project evaluations, preliminary reports, service models and other information from programmes and interventions with a health component.

We would like to hear about health-based service delivery models that seek to:

• Identify young people (aged 11-25) who may be at risk of, have been victims or have been involved in violence. This includes young people who have been involved in committing violent acts.
• Prevent youth violence through health-related or interventions based in health-setting.
• Support young people to recover from violent incidents.
• Facilitate smooth transitions between care settings (for example, discharge planning teams).
• Promote continuity and coordination of care (for example, multi-disciplinary team working).
• Reduce repeat hospital admissions for youth violence victims.
• Facilitate discharge back to the community from other settings (for example, rapid discharge pathways).
• Provide evidence from services or research that report measurable outcomes, such as the number of people, use of hospital and community services (including staff time or any other information on resource use), and associated costs of implementing the service delivery model.
• Report on interventions in schools, youth centres or other community settings that include a component related to health and the prevention or intervention in violence affecting young people. We are particularly interested in strategies for promoting inclusion opportunities related to
  disability status, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, religion and belief, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.
  At this stage, we are unable to accept promotional materials. However, we would welcome the
  sharing of contact details from those who are active in this area so we can maintain a
  communication database.
  Please complete our Survey:
  To gather information, we have put together a short survey where you can input information online. Please see here to complete it: Call For Evidence Link
  
  You will also be invited to become part of a database where we can share our findings.
  We would like to receive copies of your reports and information. Please send these via email or
  post following the information below.
  Sending information
  For published information, please:
• Send reference details only (authors, title, date, journal or publication details [including
  volume, issue number, and page numbers]). Do not send a PDF or Word document, or a
  paper copy. Please send to: [email protected]
  For unpublished information, send either:
• Paper or electronic copies of other relevant unpublished information such as reports,
  evaluations, project descriptions etc. [email protected]
• A link to any relevant trials registered with the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled
  Trials, or with the US National Institutes of Health trials registry.
  Please highlight any confidential sections (unpublished research or commercially
  sensitive information) in unpublished information.
  Alternatively, please send hard copies to:
  Violence Reduction Academy
  c/o Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health
  Yvonne Carter Building
  58 Turner Street
  Whitechapel E1 2AB
  London
  UK
  We look forward to receiving this information and thank you in advance for your help.