Engagement with a youth violence intervention programme is associated with lower re-attendance after violent injury: A UK major trauma network observational study.

ABSTRACT: The hospital based Redthread Youth Violence Intervention Programme (YVIP) utilises experienced youth workers to support 11-24 year olds following an episode of violent injury, assault or exploitation who present to the Emergency Department (ED) at the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre (MTC), Nottingham, UK. The YVIP aims to promote personal change with the aim of reducing the incidence of further similar events. We conducted a retrospective, observational, cohort study to examine the association between engagement with the YVIP and re-attendance rates to the ED following a referral to Redthread. We also examined factors associated with engagement with the full YVIP. We found that 573 eligible individuals were referred to the YVIP over two years. Assault with body parts 34.9% (n = 200) or a

SUBMITTER: Dickson EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10584091 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature