title: Pediatric nurses: advocates against youth violence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article examines the issues of youth violence and the role of the pediatric nurse in addressing youth at risk for violence. An example of a school-based violence prevention program is included.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Black adolescent males from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and violent communities tend to be at highest risk. However, the profile of risk for violence is expanding to include youth in rural and middle-class suburban settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pediatric nurses play a vital role in the identification of at-risk youth and in the planning and evaluation of interventions for youth violence prevention.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA. bonnie.gance-cleveland@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gance-Cleveland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D016730:Program Development; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012572:School Health Services; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*