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Deborah Prothrow-Stith

Public Health Leader, Violence Prevention Expert, Dean at Charles R. Drew University

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Deborah Prothrow-Stith Biography

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith is a nationally recognized public health leader who has extensively worked on framing youth violence as a public health issue. As a physician in inner-city Boston, she pioneered the approach of treating violence as a health problem rather than solely a criminal justice concern. During her tenure as the first woman Commissioner of Public Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1987, appointed by Governor Dukakis, she founded the first Office of Violence Prevention in a state department of public health. Her efforts expanded prevention programs for HIV/AIDS and increased drug treatment and rehabilitation programs.

Dr. Prothrow-Stith has been active in forming and nurturing partnerships with community-based organizations both in the United States and internationally. She has developed various programs such as the Partnerships for Preventing Violence satellite broadcast training series and has worked with institutions like Florida A&M University and University of Massachusetts (Boston) to reduce health disparities, funded by the NIH-National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities. She has also played a significant role in international public health, hosting delegations from France and Latin American countries to discuss violence prevention models, and spending two-and-a-half years in Tanzania working on local health initiatives.

Currently, Dr. Prothrow-Stith serves as the Dean and Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Her academic role complements her continued advocacy for violence prevention, exemplified by her development of The Violence Prevention Curriculum for Adolescents. She has authored influential books such as "Deadly Consequences," which discusses the public health perspective on violence, and "Murder is No Accident," offering a blueprint for community-based violence prevention. Her work, including over 80 publications, consistently supports the application of rigorous scientific methods to bolster violence prevention efforts.

A graduate of Spelman College and Harvard Medical School, she is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has received ten honorary doctorates alongside numerous awards like the 1993 World Health Day Award and the 1989 Secretary of Health and Human Service Award. Dr. Prothrow-Stith's commitment to public health and violence prevention continues to influence both national and international health policies and practices.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/08/2024.

Deborah Prothrow-Stith Speaking Topics

  • Combating the Deadly Consequences of Violence & Our Youth

  • Sugar & Spice & No Longer Nice: How We Can Stop Girls' Violence

  • Violence Prevention: A Public Health Mandate

    Violence is preventable. That is what we mean when we say it is a public health problem. Most public policy and professional practices are reactionary, responding after the fact. Preventing violence requires understanding risk factors and executing multi-level activities. We must change attitudes, social norms, and media glamorization of violence. We must help children who have witnessed or been victimized by violence. And, we must stop waiting until a child is involved in horrendous violence before being willing to spend money. This keynote presentation discusses how investing money in prevention strategies before we are forced to arrest, prosecute and incarcerate a child is the recipe for success.

Deborah Prothrow-Stith Books

  • Sugar and Spice and No Longer Nice: How We Can Stop Girls' Violence
    Sugar and Spice and No Longer Nice: How We Can Stop Girls' Violence
  • Peacezone: A Program For Teaching Social Literacy, Grades 4-5: Student Manual
    Peacezone: A Program For Teaching Social Literacy, Grades 4-5: Student Manual
  • Murder Is No Accident: Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America
    Murder Is No Accident: Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America
  • Deadly Consequences/How Violence Is Destroying Our Teenage Population and a Plan to Begin Solving the Problem
    Deadly Consequences/How Violence Is Destroying Our Teenage Population and a Plan to Begin Solving the Problem
  • Violence Prevention: Curriculum for Adolescents
    Violence Prevention: Curriculum for Adolescents

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Deborah Prothrow-Stith is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Combating the Deadly Consequences of Violence & Our Youth, Sugar & Spice & No Longer Nice: How We Can Stop Girls' Violence and Violence Prevention: A Public Health Mandate. The estimated speaking fee range to book Deborah Prothrow-Stith for your event is available upon request. Deborah Prothrow-Stith generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Alvin Poussaint, Tonya Lewis Lee, Victoria Rowell, Judge Glenda Hatchett and Hill Harper. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Deborah Prothrow-Stith for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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