Selected Publications

General Violence Prevention

CDCynergy: Violence Prevention Edition
CDCynergy is a multimedia CD-ROM used for planning, managing, and evaluating public health communication programs. This edition of CDCynergy is ideal for those interested in developing prevention programs on the issues of child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and youth violence.

Coping with Stress After a Traumatic Event
This 2-page fact sheet is intended for the general public.  It provides coping strategies for those who have recently experienced a traumatic event.

Helping Parents Prepare for Disaster
Anyone who is a parent knows how hard it can be to raise a child. Add a stressful situation, like a natural disaster or other emergencies, and a difficult job gets even harder. When disasters happen, it is important to remember the health and well-being of your children. If you can be prepared for potential disaster situations, your children are likely to handle it better, too.

Helping Parents Cope with Disaster
Anyone who is a parent knows how hard it can be to raise a child. Add a stressful situation, like a natural disaster or other emergencies, and a difficult job gets even harder. When disasters happen, it is important to remember the health and well-being of yourself and your children. If you are prepared for potential disasters, you can be more confident in your ability to keep your family safe, and your children are likely to handle the disaster better as well.

Handbook of Injury and Violence Prevention
This comprehensive manual details injury and violence interventions that been proven to work. It benefits practitioners who manage, implement, or evaluate injury or violence prevention programs; policymakers who influence injury or violence prevention through legislation and other policies; university faculty who teach coursework in injury and violence prevention; and graduate students preparing to work in or with injury or violence prevention programs.

Interventions to Reduce Injury and Death from Violence: Systematic Reviews of Evidence, Recommendations from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, and Expert Commentary
A supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine presented recommendations from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services on the following violence prevention strategies: firearm laws, early childhood visitation, and therapeutic foster care.
Citation: American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005; 28(2S1)

Medical Costs and Productivity Losses Due to Interpersonal Violence and Self-Directed Violence [PDF 140KB]
This article, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, estimates the total costs associated with nonfatal injuries and deaths due to violence. The study described provides evidence of the large health and economic burden of violence in the United States.

The National Violent Death Reporting System
CDC funds 17 states to implement the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). The system collects data on violent deaths from death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories. These sources offer fragmented data that only explain violence in a narrow context. Together, these sources provide a clearer understanding of the circumstances that surround violent death. A special supplement of Injury Prevention provides an overview of NVDRS and summarizes preliminary findings. Citation: Injury Prevention 2006; No. 12 (supplement II)

National Violent Death Reporting System Implementation Manual
There is a lack of basic information about the characteristics of violent deaths at the local, state, and national levels. CDC has developed a National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) Implementation Manual to promote the development of a uniform violent death reporting system. Data from this system can be compared across states and localities and will help practitioners and policy makers design and evaluate local, regional, and national prevention programs and to make informed decisions about violence prevention.

National Violent Death Reporting System: At-a-Glance
The At-a-Glance describes the scope of violence-related deaths and how the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) may help to prevent them. It also provides information on the benefits and challenges of NVDRS, examples of program highlights, next steps, and contact information.

National Violent Death Reporting System Coding Manual
The NVDRS Coding Manual is a reference document to be used by state health departments for defining cases, entering data, and checking data once it is entered. It contains information about individual variables and the way the data are structured.

The Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention
The public health perspective asks the foundational questions: Where does the problem begin? How could we prevent it from occurring in the first place? To answer these questions, public health uses a systematic, scientific approach for understanding and preventing violence.

The Social-Ecological Model: A Framework for Violence Prevention
CDC uses a four-level social-ecological model (SEM) to better understand and prevent violence.Each level in the social ecological model can be thought of as a level of influence and also as a key point for prevention.

The World Report on Violence and Health
This report is the first comprehensive review of violence on a global scale. It defines the various types of violence, explains whom it affects, and discusses prevention strategies. The publication is a joint effort of The World Health Organization and CDC.

Understanding Elder Maltreatment Fact Sheet 
This 2-page fact sheet provides basic information on elder maltreatment. It is intended for the general public.

Understanding Evidence—Part 1: Best Available Research Evidence
The Best Available Research Evidence enables researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers to determine whether or not a prevention program, practice, or policy is actually achieving the outcomes it aims to and in the way it intends. The more rigorous a study's research design, (e.g., randomized control trials, quasi-experimental designs), the more compelling the research evidence.

Understanding the Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation
This informational brief describes the Interactive Systems Framework for Implementation and Dissemination (ISF).  The ISF was developed to address the “how to” gap that exists between scientifically determining what works and moving that knowledge into the field for the benefit of the public.

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Child Maltreatment

Child Maltreatment: Facts at a Glance [PDF 169KB]
This fact sheet provides up-to-date data and statistics on child maltreatment.

Child Maltreatment Surveillance: Uniform Definitions for Public Health and Recommended Data Elements
The purpose of the child maltreatment uniform definitions and recommended data elements is to present a definition of child maltreatment, its associated terms, and recommended data elements for voluntary use by individuals and organizations in the public health community. The definitions and data elements are intended to promote and improve consistency of child maltreatment surveillance for public health practices. It is designed to be used by state and local health department staff to assist in and provide a framework for the collection of public health surveillance data on child maltreatment.

The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan [PDF 1MB]
This document summarizes the available research on childhood stress and its long-term consequences. The publication is meant to provide practitioners, especially those working in violence prevention, with ideas about how to incorporate this important information into their work.

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services, an independent nonfederal task force, conducted a systematic review of scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of home visiting programs in preventing violence. This report summarizes the findings and recommendations.

The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood
A vital and productive society with a prosperous and sustainable future is built on a foundation of healthy child development. According to a new report from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University and funded, in part, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), health in the earliest years—beginning with the future mother’s well-being before she becomes pregnant—lays the groundwork for a lifetime of vitality.

Parent Training Programs: Insight for Practitioners
Parent training programs are widely used to improve parenting practices and prevent child maltreatment. Although many programs have been evaluated for their effectiveness, the various components of the programs have rarely been examined. CDC behavioral scientists recently conducted a meta-analysis of the current research literature on parent training programs to identify components associated with more effective and less effective programs. Parent Training Programs: Insight for Practitioners summarizes the findings of this meta-analysis and provides practitioners who work with parents and families guidance in making evidence-based program decisions to improve parenting skills and prevent child maltreatment.

Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma: Recommnded Definitions for Public Health Surveillance and Research
The document is designed to aid in the collection of surveillance data and is intended to promote and improve consistency of abusive head trauma surveillance for public health purposes. The definitions and data elements are based on International Classification of Diseases diagnosis and external-cause-of-injury codes.

Preventing Child Maltreatment: Program Activities Guide
This document describes CDC's public health activities and research to prevent child abuse and neglect. The guide outlines four categories of activities which are key to CDC's prevention work: monitoring and researching the problem, developing and evaluating prevention strategies, supporting and enhancing prevention programs, and encouraging research and development.

Preventing Child Maltreatment Through the Promotion of Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships Between Children and Caregivers [PDF 164KB]
This document describes a five-year vision for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work in child maltreatment (CM) prevention. The overall strategy in preventing CM is to promote safe, stable, and nurturing relationships between children and their caregivers.

Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures
This guide assists youth-serving organizations as they begin to adopt prevention strategies for child sexual abuse. It identifies six key components of child sexual abuse prevention for organizations including (1) screening and selecting employees and volunteers; (2) guidelines on interactions between individuals; (3) monitoring behavior; (4) ensuring safe environments; (5) responding to inappropriate behavior, breaches in policy, and allegations and suspicions of child sexual abuse; and (6) training in child sexual abuse prevention.

Promoting Healthy Parenting Practices Across Cultural Groups: A CDC Research Brief
summarizes findings from a CDC study on cultural values and parenting and child rearing.  The study focused on five cultural groups—African-Americans, American Indians, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and non-Hispanic Whites. It examined the ways that parents respond to children’s behavior and their views of desirable or undesirable parenting practices. Uncovering the differences and commonalities in values, normative practices, and child-rearing goals across cultural groups is an important step in developing culturally-competent and effective programs and support for parents of all cultural backgrounds.

Promoting Safe, Stable and Nurturing Relationships:  A Strategic Direction for Child Maltreatment Prevention [PDF 110KB]
This one pager summarizes a five-year vision for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work in child maltreatment (CM) prevention. The overall strategy in preventing CM is to promote safe, stable, and nurturing relationships between children and their caregivers.

Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services, an independent nonfederal task force, conducted a systematic review of scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of therapeutic foster care in preventing violence. This report summarizes the findings and recommendations.

Understanding Child Maltreatment Fact Sheet [PDF 87KB]
This 2-page fact sheet provides basic information on child abuse and neglect. It is intended for the general public.

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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States
Congress funded the CDC to conduct a study to obtain national estimates of the occurrence of IPV-related injuries, to estimate their costs to the health care system, and to recommend strategies to prevent IPV and its consequences. This report describes findings from the study and identifies future research needs.

Dating Matters
Early efforts to promote healthy, respectful dating relationships are more likely to prevent dating violence before the problem begins.

Dating Matters™: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships [PDF 2MB] (2011)

DELTA Program: At A Glance
The Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Program provides more than $6 million in funding to support local community coalitions that address intimate partner violence. The DELTA Program: At A Glance clearly describes the authorizing legislation for the program, provides examples of prevention work in action from various states, and serves as a tool to raise awareness, interest, and support for the program.

Evaluation for Improvement: A Seven-Step Empowerment Evaluation Approach
This manual is designed to help violence prevention organizations hire an empowerment evaluator who will assist them in building their evaluation capacity through a learn-by-doing process of evaluating their own strategies. It is for state and local leaders and staff members of organizations, coalitions, government agencies, and/or partnerships working to prevent violence. Some parts of the manual may also be useful to empowerment evaluators who work with these organizations.

Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Victimization Assessment Instruments for Use in Health Care Settings
The purpose of this compilation is to provide practitioners and clinicians with the most current inventory of assessment tools for determining intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence victimization and to inform decisions about which instruments are most appropriate for use with a given population.

Intimate Partner Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements
This report is intended for individuals and organizations interested in gathering surveillance data on IPV. The document is intended to promote and improve consistency of IPV surveillance. If the recommended data elements are uniformly recorded and the data made available to numerous users, then better estimates of the incidence and prevalence of IPV can be obtained

Measuring Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
This compendium provides researchers and prevention specialists with a set of assessment tools with demonstrated reliability and validity for measuring the self-reported incidence and prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence victimization and perpetration.

The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)
CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) is an ongoing, nationally-representative telephone survey that collects detailed information on sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence victimization from adult women and men in the United States. NISVS is the first ongoing survey dedicated solely to describing and monitoring these forms of violence as public health issues.

Preventing Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities: CDC's Demonstration Projects
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) are serious public health problems that disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities. Recognizing the need for programs that address prevention in minority populations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded 10 demonstration projects in 2000 to develop, implement, and evaluate culturally competent IPV/SV prevention strategies targeted for specific racial/ethnic minority groups. Preventing Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities: CDC's Demonstration Projects summarizes the work of the funded projects. The purpose of the document is to describe the approaches projects developed and highlight challenges and lessons learned in the development, implementation, and evaluation of IPV/SV prevention programs for racial/ethnic minority populations.

Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence: Program Activities Guide
The Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence: Program Activities Guide describes CDC’s public health activities and research related to intimate partner and sexual violence. The guide outlines four categories of activities which are essential to CDC’s prevention work: tracking the problem, developing and evaluating prevention strategies, supporting and enhancing prevention programs, and providing prevention resources.  Key publications are also highlighted.

Promoting Respectful, Nonviolent Intimate Partner Relationships: A Strategic Direction for Intimate Partner Violence [PDF 125KB]
This one pager summarizes a five-year vision for CDC’s work on intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention. The overall strategy in preventing IPV is to promote respectful, nonviolent relationships through individual-, relationship-, community-, and societal-level change.

Strategic Direction for the Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence [PDF 153KB]
This document describes a five-year vision for CDC’s work on intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention. The overall strategy in preventing IPV is to promote respectful, nonviolent relationships through individual-, relationship-, community-, and societal-level change.

Training Professionals in the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence: A Planning Guide
This Guide describes how to develop, implement, and evaluate a process for training professionals to engage in sexual violence and intimate partner violence prevention. The Guide is designed to help practitioners tailor individual trainings to different groups of professionals. It provides definitions of sexual violence and intimate partner violence and includes real-life examples to illustrate theory put into practice.

Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Fact Sheet
This 2-page fact sheet provides basic information on intimate partner violence. It is intended for the general public.

Understanding Teen Dating Violence Fact Sheet [PDF 314KB]
This 2-page fact sheet provides basic information on teen dating abuse. It is intended for the general public.

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Sexual Violence

Evaluation for Improvement: A Seven-Step Empowerment Evaluation Approach
This manual is designed to help violence prevention organizations hire an empowerment evaluator who will assist them in building their evaluation capacity through a learn-by-doing process of evaluating their own strategies. It is for state and local leaders and staff members of organizations, coalitions, government agencies, and/or partnerships working to prevent violence. Some parts of the manual may also be useful to empowerment evaluators who work with these organizations.

Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Victimization Assessment Instruments for Use in Health Care Settings
The purpose of this compilation is to provide practitioners and clinicians with the most current inventory of assessment tools for determining intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence victimization and to inform decisions about which instruments are most appropriate for use with a given population.

The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)
CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) is an ongoing, nationally-representative telephone survey that collects detailed information on sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence victimization from adult women and men in the United States. NISVS is the first ongoing survey dedicated solely to describing and monitoring these forms of violence as public health issues.

Preventing Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities: CDC's Demonstration Projects
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) are serious public health problems that disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities. Recognizing the need for programs that address prevention in minority populations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded 10 demonstration projects in 2000 to develop, implement, and evaluate culturally competent IPV/SV prevention strategies targeted for specific racial/ethnic minority groups. Preventing Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities: CDC's Demonstration Projects summarizes the work of the funded projects. The purpose of the document is to describe the approaches projects developed and highlight challenges and lessons learned in the development, implementation, and evaluation of IPV/SV prevention programs for racial/ethnic minority populations.

Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence: Program Activities Guide
The Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence: Program Activities Guide describes CDC’s public health activities and research related to intimate partner and sexual violence. The guide outlines four categories of activities which are essential to CDC’s prevention work: tracking the problem, developing and evaluating prevention strategies, supporting and enhancing prevention programs, and providing prevention resources.  Key publications are also highlighted.

Rape Prevention and Education Grant Program: At A Glance
The Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Grant Program provides more than $42 million in funding to support rape prevention activities in all 50 states, 8 territories, and the District of Columbia.

Sexual Violence: Facts at a Glance [PDF 102KB]
This fact sheet provides up-to-date data and statistics on sexual violence.

Sexual Violence Prevention: Beginning the Dialogue
The purpose of this document is to identify concepts and strategies that may be used as a foundation for planning, implementing, and evaluating sexual violence prevention activities.

Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements
This report is intended for individuals and organizations interested in gathering surveillance data on sexual violence. The document is intended to promote and improve consistency of sexual violence surveillance. If the recommended data elements are uniformly recorded and the data made available to numerous users, then better estimates of the incidence and prevalence of sexual violence can be obtained.

Training Professionals in the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence: A Planning Guide
This Guide describes how to develop, implement, and evaluate a process for training professionals to engage in sexual violence and intimate partner violence prevention. The Guide is designed to help practitioners tailor individual trainings to different groups of professionals. It provides definitions of sexual violence and intimate partner violence and includes real-life examples to illustrate theory put into practice.

Understanding Sexual Violence Fact Sheet
This 2-page fact sheet provides basic information on sexual violence. it is intend for the general public.

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Suicide

Connectedness as a Strategic Direction for the Prevention of Suicidal Behavior [PDF 117KB]
This one pager summarizes a five-year vision for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) work to prevent fatal and nonfatal suicidal behavior. The strategic direction is to prevent suicidal behavior by building and strengthening connectedness or social bonds within and among persons, families, and communities.

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention represents the combined work of advocates, clinicians, researchers and survivors around the nation. It lays out a framework for action to prevent suicide and guides development of an array of services and programs that must be developed. It is designed to be a catalyst for social change with the power to transform attitudes, policies, and services.

Preventing Suicide: Program Activities Guide
This document describes CDC's public health activities and research to prevent suicide and suicidal behavior. The guide outlines four categories of activities which are key to CDC's prevention work: monitoring and researching the problem, supporting and enhancing prevention programs, providing prevention resources, and encouraging research and development.

School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence
These guidelines were designed to help education agencies and schools promote safety and make schools safe places for students to learn.

Self-Directed Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements
Self-directed violence (SDV) is an important public health issue in the United States and worldwide. Though numerous organizations collect information on fatal and non-fatal SDV, there is considerable confusion about how to define the problem. To address the current lack of uniform definitions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed Self-Directed Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements to improve and standardize data collected on self-directed violence.

State Suicide Prevention Planning: A CDC Research Brief
State Suicide Prevention Planning: A CDC Research Brief summarizes the results of a CDC research study conducted to describe the key ingredients of successful state-based suicide prevention planning. The study's major objectives were to document the processes involved in developing state suicide prevention plans and to compile these findings into a template for decision making. The results of this study do not provide a universal blueprint for suicide prevention, but the insights garnered provide states with valuable information for effective planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Strategic Direction for the Prevention of Suicidal Behavior [PDF 507K]
This document describes a five-year vision for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) work to prevent fatal and nonfatal suicidal behavior. The strategic direction we propose is to prevent suicidal behavior by building and strengthening connectedness or social bonds within and among persons, families, and communities.

Suicide: Facts at a Glance [PDF 187KB]
This fact sheet provides up-to-date data and statistics on suicide.

Suicides Due to Alcohol and/or Drug Overdose: A Data Brief from the National Violent Death Reporting System
There are a number of factors that increase the likelihood a person will take his or her own life. One of these is abusing substances such as alcohol and drugs.  Alcohol and drug abuse are second only to depression and other mood disorders as the most frequent risk factors for suicidal behavior. This data brief summarizes suicide deaths reported in the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) due to poisoning by alcohol and/or other drug ingestion.  The brief contains data from 16 states implementing NVDRS from 2005-2007.

The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide
This document outlines more than a dozen steps that can be taken by individuals, communities, organizations, and policymakers to prevent suicide.

Understanding Suicide Fact Sheet
This 2-page fact sheet provides basic information on suicide. It is intended for the general public.

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Youth Violence

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action
This publication examines the effectiveness of specific violence prevention practices in four key areas: parents and families; home visiting; social and conflict resolution skills; and mentoring. It also documents the science behind each best practice and offers a comprehensive directory of resources for more information about programs that have used these practices.
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Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers
Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers focuses on the phenomena of electronic aggression. Electronic aggression is defined as any kind of harassment or bullying that occurs through email, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, blogs, or text messaging. The brief summarizes what is known about young people and electronic aggression, provides strategies for addressing the issue with young people, and discusses the implications for school staff, education policy makers, and parents and caregivers.

Electronic Media and Youth Violence:  A CDC Issue Brief for Researchers
The past two decades have witnessed a virtual explosion in new technology that has been eagerly embraced by adolescents. Technology has many social and educational benefits, but it can also provide more opportunities for youth violence and aggression. In September 2006, CDC convened an expert panel to discuss the latest information on how technology is used by young people to behave aggressively. The panel affirmed the need for a purposeful approach to preventing youth violence and aggression perpetrated through the use of electronic media. Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Research Brief for Researchers describes the current research on electronic aggression, highlights the gaps, and suggests future directions.

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearm Laws
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services, an independent nonfederal task force, conducted a systematic review of scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of firearm laws in preventing violence. This report summarizes the findings and recommendations.

Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
Bullying, particularly among school-age children, is a major public health problem. This compendium provides researchers, prevention specialists, and health educators with tools to measure a range of bullying experiences: bully perpetration, bully victimization, bully-victim experiences, and bystander experiences.

Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools - Second Edition
This compendium provides researchers and prevention specialists with a set of tools to assess violence-related beliefs, behaviors, and influences, as well as to evaluate programs to prevent youth violence.

Prevention of Youth Violence: The Multisite Violence Prevention Project
CDC funded 4 universities to determine the effectiveness of several interventions designed to reduce aggressive and violent behavior among middle school students. This supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine provides an overview of the project.
Citation: American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2004; 26 (1S)

Preventing Youth Violence: Program Activities Guide
This document describes CDC's public health activities and research to prevent youth violence. The guide outlines five categories of activities which are key to CDC's prevention work: monitoring and researching the problem, developing and evaluating prevention strategies, supporting and enhancing prevention programs, providing prevention resources, and encouraging research and development.

National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention: At A Glance
CDC is funding 10 National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention (ACE) at research universities across the country. The goals of the ACE are to build the scientific infrastructure necessary to support development and widespread application of effective youth violence interventions, promote interdisciplinary research strategies to address the problem of youth violence, foster collaboration between academic researchers and communities, and empower communities to address the problem of youth violence.

School-Associated Violent Deaths in the United States, 1992-1994
This article describes trends and features of school-associated violent deaths in the United States between 1992 and 1994.  

School-Associated Violent Deaths in the United States, 1994-1999
This article describes trends and features of school-associated violent deaths in the United States between 1994 and 1999.

School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence
These guidelines were designed to help education agencies and schools promote safety and make schools safe places for students to learn.

School Health Index
The School Health Index is a self-assessment and planning tool that schools can use to improve their health and safety policies and programs.

School Health Policies and Programs Study
The School Health Policies and Programs Study is a national survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and programs at the state, district, school, and classroom levels.

Technology and Youth: Protecting Your Child from Electronic Aggression
This tipsheet provides an overview of electronic aggression, any type of harassment or bullying that occurs through e-mail, a chat room, instant messaging, a website (including blogs), or text messaging. It provides parents and caregivers with strategies for protecting children from this type of violence.

The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violence
During 2004--2006, the Task Force on Community Preventive Services (Task Force) reviewed published scientific evidence on the effectiveness of universal school-based programs to reduce or prevent violent behavior. This evidence proves that these programs decrease rates of violence and aggressive behavior among school-aged children. All grade levels demonstrated program effects, and an independent meta-analysis confirmed and supplemented these findings. Consequently, the Task Force recommends using universal school-based programs to prevent or reduce violent behavior.

Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services, an independent nonfederal task force, conducted a systematic review of scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of therapeutic foster care in preventing violence. This report summarizes the findings and recommendations.

Training Healthcare Professionals in the Prevention of Youth Violence
This supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine provides a rationale for training in youth violence prevention, supplies case studies, and focuses on efforts of CDC's Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention.
Citation: American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005; 29 (5S2)

Understanding Bullying
Bullying is a form of youth violence. Find out how the CDC approaches bullying prevention in our latest Fact Sheet.

Understanding School Violence Fact Sheet [PDF 254KB]
This fact sheet provides basic information on school violence. It is intended for the general public.

Understanding Youth Violence Fact Sheet [PDF 154KB]
This 2-page fact sheet provides basic information on youth violence. It is intended for the general public.

Youth Involvement in Community Violence Prevention
This issue of the Community Youth Development Journal explores what is and is not known about the participation of youth in community violence prevention.

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
This report--the first Surgeon General's report on youth violence-- reviews a massive body of research on where, when, and how much youth violence occurs, what causes it, and which of today's many preventive strategies are genuinely effective. 

Youth Violence:  Facts at a Glance [PDF 30KB] 
This fact sheet provides up-to-date data and statistics on youth violence.

Youth Violence Prevention: The Science of Moving Research to Practice
This supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine highlights some of the challenges encountered in implementing interventions in the context of prevention research targeted at very young children and their families.
Citation: American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2001; 20 (1S)

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