If you would like to participate in the below survey, please respond to Brian
Payne by October 19th at bpayne@... or 757-683-3935. Don't just reply to
this email. Thanks.

Greetings,

Old Dominion University is working on a project with the Virginia Department of
Health in which we are examining, among other things, the commitment, readiness,
and interest to prevent youth violence (including teen dating violence and
sexual assault) in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is part of a violence
prevention project funded by the CDC. We are asking a series of questions
about violence prevention in the Commonwealth of Virginia in order to create a
foundation from which better understanding about the issue will evolve. I am
hoping that you may be able to devote some time to answering the questions
listed below. Or, if you are unable to answer them in this format, perhaps my
research assistant or I could discuss these issues through a telephone
interview.

Please know that if you agree to participate, all of your feedback will be held
in confidence and no identifying information will be included in any reports
coming out of this project. If you are able to answer them by email, you can
address them in the space below and just send them directly back to me. If
you'd prefer to discuss these by phone, let me know and that can be arranged as
well.

Thank you in advance for your input!

Brian

Brian K. Payne, PhD
Chair and Professor
Sociology and Criminal Justice
Old Dominion University

1) How interested do you think the Commonwealth of Virginia is in
preventing youth violence?


2) How prepared do you think the Commonwealth of Virginia is in
preventing youth violence?


3) Which forms of youth violence need more attention? Why haven’t these
forms received more attention in the past?


4) What are the strengths of the Commonwealth's current youth violence
prevention efforts?


5) What are its weaknesses?


6) What possible barriers do you see in attempting to fully engage in
efforts to prevent youth violence? What are some strategies to overcome
these barriers?


7) What else do key stakeholders need to know about preventing youth
violence?



8) What do you think about the current and past funding of prevention
initiatives?



9) What data is missing about youth violence? How can data gathering
be improved?