Research Question
What outcomes do community members of Southern New Jersey consider most important for hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) to achieve?
Project Goals
• To determine the specific outcomes that Southern New Jersey community members prioritize for HVIPs.
• To assess how well current HVIP goals align with the priorities of the community, and identify areas for improvement.
• To provide insights for tailoring HVIP interventions that will better meet the outcomes valued by the community.
My Role
• Protocol design
• IRB approval
• Participant recruitment, enrollment, and consent
• Site approval
• Data collection and analysis
Research Method
• Semi-structured focus groups and interviews with residents of Southern New Jersey
• Inductive coding using NVivo 14
Progress to Date
• Data collection in progress
• Data analysis in progress
Preliminary Findings
Forthcoming
Collaborators
• Cortney VanHook, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
• Jiayin Luo, B.A. (Community Partnership Coordinator, Healthcare Approaches to Justice Collaborative, Montclair State University)
• Katheryne Pugliese, M.A. (Ph.D. Candidate, Criminal Justice, John Jay College - CUNY)
• Nicholas Lozano, M.D. (Psychiatry Resident at New York Medical College - St. Mary's & St. Clare's)
• Octavia Goodman, M.P.H. (Ph.D. Candidate, Health Services Research, Old Dominion University)
• Shamecia Pullem, B.A. (Research Assistant, Healthcare Approaches to Justice Collaborative, Montclair State University)
• Sheetal Ranjan, Ph.D. (Professor, Departments of Justice Studies and Sociology, Montclair State University; Co-Founder, Healthcare Approaches to Justice Collaborative)
