title: Violence prevention: a community approach.
abstract: Violence among children and adolescents has been elevated to the status of a public health problem in the United States today. Pediatric nurse practitioners are in a unique position to play a major role in violence prevention. This article describes the impact of violence on the preschool child including developmental and behavioral issues. Violence prevention must be all-inclusive as a routine component of anticipatory guidance for preschool children and their families. Ways to integrate violence prevention into a primary care approach are addressed. Community-based outreach programs that further buffer the impact of violence on these children are discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Beauchesne
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Farquharson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002657:Child Development; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*