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Region: Caribbean

Country: Trinidad and Tobago

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Type: Program

Status: In Process

Name: Cure violence

From (MM/YYYY): /2015

Inserted in Plan:

Name:

From (MM/YYYY): /

To (MM/YYYY): /

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Link:

http://cureviolence.org/partners/international-partners/latin-america/

Institution Responsible:

Partners

Other Institutions involved:

Policy Design

Objectives:

The Cure Violence Health Model is a data-driven, research-based, community-centric approach to violence prevention. Cure Violence maintains that violence is a learned behavior and that it can be prevented using disease control methods. The Cure Violence Model has three core components and two implementing components that are essential to disrupt the transmission of violence. Omission of any component is not a faithful replication of the Model and may not achieve anticipated decreases in violence.

Activities: The general steps for implementation:
1) Determine appropriateness of community (high level of violence)
2) Engage communities leaders
3) Identify appropriate community partners
4) Identify appropriate hospital response partners
5) Re-examine the data
6) Hire credible messengers
7) Train workers and receive technical assistance

Results:

67% in woundings and attempted murders

33% in calls for persons armed with firearms

Programatic Influences: No

Initative Based On Evidence:

Evidence

Proven Impact On Homicide Reduction: No

Designed Specifically To Reduce Homicides: Yes

Focus

Social Focus: Yes

Territorial Focus: No

Gender Focus: No

Geographical Coverage: Departmental / Provincial / State

Programatic Approach:

• Prevention: Indicated / tertiary

Name Of Territorial Units Covered: Port of Spain

Target Population

Target Population: Youth

Socio-Economic Level: All

Gender: Both

Age (From): 15

Age (To): 25

Total Est. Beneficiaries:

Est. % Of Beneficiaries:

Reference:

Core Topic

Reinsertion, mediation, or negotiation with armed groups

Armed groups operating outside the law

Mediation

Overlap

Other Policies That Overlap With the initiative: DK/NR

Results Evaluation

Available: No

Impact Evaluation

Available: No

The information on the files is in the original language of the country where the intervention was performed.

The development of this platform was made possible by Open Society Foundations funding.

The initial information upload to the Platform is based on the report "Mapping of Homicide Prevention Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean", prepared by Ignacio Cano and Emiliano Rojido from the Laboratory for the Analysis of Violence, with the collaboration of the Brazilian Forum of Public Security.