Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 5 , Pages 684-689 , November 2007

Benefits of a Hospital-Based Peer Intervention Program for Violently Injured Youth

Presented at the 134th Annual American Public Health Association Meeting and Exposition, Boston, MA, November 2006.

  • Daniel Shibru, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco-East Bay Department of Surgery, Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA
    • ,
  • Elaine Zahnd, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA
    • ,
  • Marla Becker, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Youth ALIVE!, Oakland, CA.
    • ,
  • Nic Bekaert, MSW

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco-East Bay Department of Surgery, Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA
    • ,
  • Deane Calhoun, MA

      Affiliations

    • Youth ALIVE!, Oakland, CA.
    • ,
  • Gregory P. Victorino, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco-East Bay Department of Surgery, Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Gregory P Victorino, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, UCSF-East Bay, 1411 E 31 St, Oakland, CA 94602.

Received 11 April 2007 ,Accepted 21 May 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

PII: S1072-7515(07)00696-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.05.029

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 5 , Pages 684-689 , November 2007

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