In the July 23, 2015 edition of Injury Prevention, UPenn PRC’s Doug Wiebe, PhD., joins researchers Jonathan Purtle, Rose Cheney, and Rochelle Dicker in examining the impact of fear appeal persuasive messaging on violence prevention programs in urban communities.
As an alternative to fear appeal, the authors recommend violence prevention programs that embrace trauma-informed practice and a social-ecological approach. Trauma-informed practice acknowledges prior exposures to violence and provides services that recognize the social, emotional, biological, and cognitive impacts of those experiences.
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