title: Implementing and Evaluating Comprehensive Evidence-Based Approaches to Prevent Youth Violence: Partnering to Create Communities Where Youth Are Safe From Violence.
abstract: Violence, including its occurrence among youth, results in considerable physical, emotional, social, and economic consequences in the U.S. Youth violence prevention work at the Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emphasizes preventing youth violence-related behaviors, injuries, and deaths by collaborating with academic and community partners and stakeholders. Since 2000, DVP has funded three rounds of CDC's National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention (YVPCs) in 5-year cycles, with the goal of supporting university-community partnerships so that the best science can be utilized in order to prevent youth violence. The current YVPCs focus on: (a) partnering with communities to identify community needs; (b) selecting and implementing the best comprehensive evidence-based programs to meet those needs; and (c) rigorously evaluating whether those efforts have a community-level impact on youth violence rates. The introduction to this special issue on the current YVPCs provides a brief historical overview on the YVPC Program; outlines the YVPCs' accomplishments to date; and describes the current YVPCs, their community partners, and their activities. The introduction concludes with an overview of the special issue.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. jmatjasko@chapinhall.org.|Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. jmatjasko@chapinhall.org.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Matjasko
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Greta M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Massetti
authors.affiliation: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bacon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D019058:Community Networks; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016730:Program Development; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Evaluation of comprehensive strategies; Evidence-based programs; Implementation science; Research-community partnerships; Youth violence prevention