Our students have gone on to work in injury and violence prevention positions at the CDC, U.S. military, local and state public health departments and centers, companies, academic institutions, and other CDC Injury Control Research Centers (ICRCs).
In addition to teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in health communications, public health policy approaches, and program evaluation, Anne Abbott, assistant professor in the School of Public and Population Health at Boise State University, is working to prevent teen mental health crises in Idaho through a community-academic partnership called Communities for Youth. Three years ago, Abbott earned her PhD from the University of Iowa Department of Community and Behavioral Health in the College of Public Health, with a focus on health communication.
In this Q & A, she discusses what drew her to violence prevention, some professional skills that advance prevention, and her advice for injury and violence prevention students.
