Implications of direct protective factors for public health research and prevention strategies to reduce youth violence.
The development of work on direct protective factors for youth violence has been delayed by conceptual and methodologic problems that have constrained the design, execution, and interpretation of prevention research. These problems are described in detail and actively addressed in review and analytic papers developed by the CDC's Expert Panel on Protective Factors for youth violence. The present paper synthesizes findings from these papers, specifies their implications for public health research and prevention strategies to reduce youth violence, and suggests directions for future research.
Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, USA. JHall2@cdc.gov
Jeffrey E
JE
Hall
Thomas R
TR
Simon
Rosalyn D
RD
Lee
James A
JA
Mercy
D000293:Adolescent; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*