Educational Tools/Resources

• Comprehensive Package for the Prevention of Youth Violence and Associated Risk Behaviors: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/yv-technicalpackage.pdf]. This is a compilation of a core set of strategies for the reduction of youth violence geared to states and communities.
• How to develop community-level interventions for youth violence prevention: https://cspv.colorado.edu/what-we-do/publications/. This resource by the University of Colorado Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence supplies a list of peer reviewed journal articles on the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based youth violence prevention programs.
•  A listing of evidence-based, peer-reviewed youth violence prevention programs established in the community with associated grading based on available scientific evidence of effectiveness: https://www.blueprintsprograms.org/program-search/
•  Michigan Injury Prevention Center provides multiple resources on teen dating violence, intimate partner violence, sexual assault prevention, firearm safety, as well as evidence-based youth violence prevention program resources: https://injurycenter.umich.edu/information-center/violence-prevention-resources/
•  Information and resources on Crisis Distress Prevention and Intervention for educators from the Crisis Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Resource Center: http://crisisresponse.promoteprevent.org/educators
•  Understanding core competencies for prevention work of public health professionals created by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations: https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Prevention-Core-Competencies/PEP20-03-08-001
•  Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/preventingACES.pdf
•  Assessment tools for the evaluation of violence-related attitudes, behaviors, and influences among youth: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/yv_compendium.pdf
•  A resource geared toward practitioners and policymakers that seeks to prevent gang membership: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/239234.pdf
•  National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center: 1-866-SAFEYOUTH (1-866-723-3968) or 1-888-503-3952 (TTY) (M-F 8 am-6 pm ET; a resource center providing information, publications, and technical assistance from the Federal Government). Contact them online at www.safeyouth.org

Reports/Publications

• Rajan S, Branas CC, Myers D, Agrawal N. Youth exposure to violence involving a gun: evidence for adverse childhood experience classification. J Behav Med. 2019 Aug;42(4):646-657. doi: 10.1007/s10865-019-00053-0. Epub 2019 Aug 1. PMID: 31367930.
• Schaechter, J., Hirsh, M.P. (2021). Caring for Pediatric Patients After Gun Violence. In: Lee, L.K., Fleegler, E.W. (eds) Pediatric Firearm Injuries and Fatalities . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62245-9_10
• Riese A, Frank AG, Frederick N, Dawson-Hahn E, Bagley SM, O'Connor B. Adolescent Perspectives on Addressing Youth Violence in the Primary Care Setting. R I Med J (2013). 2016 May 2;99(5):18-21. PMID: 27128511.
• Tatebe LC, Sanchez J, Pekarek S, Koo N, Mis J, Schlanser V, Bokhari F, Dennis AJ. Pediatric Firearm-Related Injuries: Taking Kids Out of Harm's Way Begins with Targeted Prevention. J Surg Res. 2021 Nov;267:719-725. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.04.046. Epub 2021 Jul 17. PMID: 34284902.
• Preventing Firearm Violence in Youth Through Evidence-Informed Strategies. Journal of Adolescent Health 66, 260–264.. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.11.295
• Beharie N, Scheidell JD, Quinn K, McGorray S, Vaddiparti K, Kumar PC, Frueh BC, Boone L, Khan MR. Associations of Adolescent Exposure to Severe Violence with Substance Use From Adolescence into Adulthood: Direct Versus Indirect Exposures. Subst. Use Misuse. 2019; 54(2):191-202. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2018.1495737. Epub 2018 Dec 13. PMID: 30541369; PMCID: PMC6482818.
• Wainwright DJ, Moffitt JK, Bartz-Kurycki M, Wainwright DJ, Anderson K, Demian N, Teichgraeber JF, Greives MR. The Trends of Pediatric Facial Fractures Due to Violence in a Level One Trauma Population. J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Oct;30(7):1970-1973. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005613. PMID: 31107387.
• Ranney M, Karb R, Ehrlich P, Bromwich K, Cunningham R, Beidas RS; FACTS Consortium. What are the long-term consequences of youth exposure to firearm injury, and how do we prevent them? A scoping review. J Behav Med. 2019 Aug;42(4):724-740. doi: 10.1007/s10865-019-00035-2. Epub 2019 Aug 1. PMID: 31367937; PMCID: PMC8321509.
• Arslan H, Subasi M, Kesemenli C, Kapukaya A, Necmioğlu S, Kayikçi C. Problem fractures associated with gunshot wounds in children. Injury. 2002 Nov;33(9):743-9. doi: 10.1016/s0020-1383(02)00122-5. PMID: 12379381.
• Bettencourt, G.M., 2020. Embracing problems, processes, and contact zones: Using youth participatory action research to challenge adultism. Action Research 18, 153–170.. doi:10.1177/1476750318789475
• Levine ME, Cole SW, Weir DR, Crimmins EM. Childhood and later life stressors and increased inflammatory gene expression at older ages. Soc Sci Med. 2015 Apr;130:16-22. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.030. Epub 2015 Jan 21. PMID: 25658624; PMCID: PMC4394113.
• Hansen LO, Tinney B, Asomugha CN, Barron JL, Rao M, Curry LA, Lucas G, Rosenthal MS. You get caught up: youth decision-making and violence. J Prim Prev. 2014 Feb;35(1):21-31. doi: 10.1007/s10935-013-0328-x. PMID: 24141641.
• Schmidt, C.J., Rupp, L., Pizarro, J.M., Lee, D.B., Branas, C.C., Zimmerman, M.A., 2019. Risk and protective factors related to youth firearm violence: a scoping review and directions for future research. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 42, 706–723.. doi:10.1007/s10865-019-00076-7
• Carter, P.M., Walton, M.A., Zimmerman, M.A., Chermack, S.T., Roche, J.S., Cunningham, R.M., 2016. Efficacy of a Universal Brief Intervention for Violence Among Urban Emergency Department Youth. Academic Emergency Medicine 23, 1061–1070.. doi:10.1111/acem.13021
• Cunningham, R.M., Carter, P.M., Ranney, M., Zimmerman, M.A., Blow, F.C., Booth, B.M., Goldstick, J., Walton, M.A., 2015. Violent Reinjury and Mortality Among Youth Seeking Emergency Department Care for Assault-Related Injury. JAMA Pediatrics 169, 63.. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1900
• Wright, A.W., Austin, M., Booth, C., Kliewer, W., 2016. Exposure to Community Violence and Physical Health Outcomes in Youth: A Systematic Review. Journal of Pediatric Psychology jsw088.. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsw088
• Ross, K.M., Sullivan, T., O'Connor, K., Hitti, S., Leiva, M.N., 2021. A community‐specific framework of risk factors for youth violence: A qualitative comparison of community stakeholder perspectives in a low‐income, urban community. Journal of Community Psychology 49, 1134–1152.. doi:10.1002/jcop.22497
• Copeland-Linder, N., Johnson, S.B., Haynie, D.L., Chung, S.-E., Cheng, T.L., 2012. Retaliatory Attitudes and Violent Behaviors Among Assault-Injured Youth. Journal of Adolescent Health 50, 215–220.. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.04.005
• More peer-reviewed articles can be found here: University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center.

Other Resources

• Tools and strategies to increase awareness and build capacity for individuals working with traumatized individuals: https://changingmindsnow.org/
• UNITY (Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth), a Prevention Institute (PI) initiative, builds community safety in multiple cities through comprehensive, multi-sector strategies that prevent violence and support community resilience. More information here: https://www.preventioninstitute.org/unity/general/unity-about-us
• Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/stryve/index.html 
• National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/yvpc/index.html
• Center for Violence Prevention: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: https://violence.chop.edu/