Communications and Technology for Violence Prevention

This book explores the intersection of violence prevention and information and communications technology. The issue explores the potential applications of technology to violence prevention, drawing on experience in development, health, and the social sector as well as from industry and the private sector.

The IOM's Forum on Global Violence Prevention workshop: December 8-9, 2011. The workshop provided an opportunity for practitioners to engage in new and innovative thinking concerning these two fields with the goal of bridging gaps in language, processes, and mechanisms.

In the last 25 years, a major shift has occurred in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the realization that violence is preventable. As we learn more about what works to reduce violence, the challenge facing those who work in the field is how to use all of this new information to rapidly deploy or enhance new programs.
At the same time, new communications technologies and distribution channels have altered traditional means of communications, and have made community-based efforts to prevent violence possible by making information readily available.
How can these new technologies be successfully applied to the field of violence prevention?

Contents
1 Introduction
PART I: Workshop Overview
2 Transforming Violence Prevention through New Communications
3 Methodological Considerations of New Communications Platforms
4 Potential and Harm for Addressing Disparities/Vulnerabilities
5 Framing Violence Prevention Communication
PART II: Papers and Commentary from Speakers
6 Foundations of mPreventViolence: Integrating Violence Prevention and Information Communications Technologies
7 Practical Applications of mPreventViolence
APPENDIXES
A Workshop Agenda
B Speaker Biographical Sketches

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