Research Question
What outcomes do community members of South Jersey consider most important for hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) to achieve?
Project Goals
• To determine the specific outcomes that South 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
• Study site approval
• Data collection and analysis
Research Method
• Semi-structured focus groups and interviews with residents of South Jersey
• Inductive coding using MAXQDA24
Progress to Date
• Completed 25% of data collection
• Started data analysis
Preliminary Findings
Forthcoming
Collaborators
• Jiayin Luo (Community Partnership Coordinator, Montclair State University)
• Katheryne Pugliese (Ph.D. Candidate, John Jay College - CUNY)
• Nicholas Lozano (Medical Student, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine)
• Sheetal Ranjan, Ph.D. (Professor of Justice Studies and Sociology, Montclair State University)
