DOH Division of Violence Prevention DVP
DOH Division of Violence Prevention DVP
The mission of the Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) is to provide proven and effective strategies to improve health outcomes and support vulnerable populations from birth through adulthood.
DVP implements evidence-based and best-practice risk reduction strategies to address cardiovascular health, health literacy, oral health, and violence and injury prevention.
Initiatives to address these goals include:
The Pennsylvania Well Integrated Screening and Evaluation (PA-WISE) Program is Pennsylvania's implementation of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Well Integrated Screening and Evaluation for WOMen Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) Program.
The Health Literacy Program is a statewide initiative that strives to improve health literacy to address disparate outcomes in chronic disease.
The Safe and Healthy Communities Program partners with County/Municipal Health Departments to implement policy, environmental, and system changes to make their communities healthier and safer places to live, work, and play.
The Oral Health Program strives to reinforce the concept that you cannot be truly healthy without good oral health by focusing on specific areas.
The Violence and Injury Prevention Section administers programs to prevent deaths and disability from intentional and unintentional injury across the lifespan.
Sexual Violence Prevention Program provides sexual violence prevention and education programming throughout Pennsylvania;
National Violent Death Reporting System, collects and disseminates accurate, timely, and comprehensive surveillance data of all violent deaths in the selected target areas using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines;
Safe Kids Pennsylvania seeks to reduce unintentional injuries and death to children by concerted community action, including promoting public awareness of unintentional childhood injury prevention programs and facilitating public awareness of, and appreciation for, the safety measures necessary to protect children; and
Maintenance of the Violence Dashboard which is an interactive tool designed to display aggregated statistics for hospital discharge reasons and causes of death in Pennsylvania.