ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø works to prevent violence by understanding the factors that influence violence.
The public health approach is a four-step process that can be applied to prevent violence.
Learn about ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's funded research, programs, and opportunities geared toward preventing violence.
Violence Topics
This page defines adverse childhood experiences, presents the latest data, and describes outcomes.
- Explore definitions, the latest data, and outcomes of child abuse and neglect.
- This page defines community violence, the scope of the problem, and what ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø is doing to prevent it.
- This pages defines firearm injuries and explains what ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø does to help prevent them.
- This page defines intimate partner violence, presents the latest data and describes outcomes.
- This page defines sexual violence, presents the latest data, and describes associated outcomes.
- This page defines youth violence, presents the latest data, and describes associated outcomes.
- Explore elder abuse definitions, the latest data, and prevention strategies.
- This page describes the Violence Against Children and Youth surveys and provides the latest data.
- Learn more about this survey that collects the most current data on these types of violence.
- Learn more about the collection of violent death data including homicides and suicides.
Featured Resources
The Cardiff Violence Prevention Model is a toolkit for communities to track violence patterns.
- A free online resource for parents and caregivers of 11 to 17-year-olds.
- Parenting is hard work! And it is fun and rewarding. There are many things you can do to help build...