title: [Common competencies for the prevention of violence among young people].
abstract: The high prevalence of violence in children and youth has been a great concern among diverse sectors of our society. Considered as a complex public health problem, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Atlanta, Georgia, has financed local and national projects geared to its prevention. This work describes the process in which the Developing Centers of Youth Violence Prevention from the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Southern California collaborated in the development of core competencies for health professionals in youth violence prevention. This two Developing Centers are projects funded by the CDC.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Prevención de Violencia, Instituto FILIUS, Administración Central, Universidad de Puerto Rico, PO Box 364984, San Juan, PR, 00936-4984.
authors.forename: María V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Frau
authors.forename: Lyndee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: Josefa M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pabón-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mirabal-Colón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*