Public Health Advisor (Violence Prevention)

As a Public Health Advisor (Violence Prevention) you will:

• Analyze existing or proposed violence prevention systems, strategies, services, or other health-related matters.
• Perform difficult assignments that affects populations in local, state, tribal, Federal, and international settings or public health programs that require advanced violence prevention expertise and judgment to support particularly complex program activities and very broad program applications on a continuing and frequent basis.
• Develop violence prevention public health messages with subject matter experts and develop messages into appropriate end products for communicating public health information to target audiences.
• Plan, implement, and present training systems for health practitioners, researchers, state domestic violence coalitions, and other professionals.
• Research and analyze the causes of violence including but not limited to suicide, child abuse and neglect, youth, teen, elder, intimate partner, and sexual violence problems that are caused by controversial, complex, and often conflicting factors.
• Conduct assessments, compliance reviews and negotiate and approve corrective actions, as needed.
• Review congressional and legislative actions; assess impact on public health program activities, initiatives, and policies; and initiate action accordingly.
• Serve as a representative to professional organizations to gain cooperation from these groups.