Translation of an Intervention for Violence Among Adolescents in Emergency Departments

A 30 minute private on-on-one brief motivational interviewing intervention given during emergency department care. The goal of the intervention was to reduce and prevention youth violence using techniques to change behavior in a respectful, non-confrontational, and non-judgmental manner. This one-on one counseling approach emphasizes individual choice and responsibility and differentiates between future goals/values and current behavior