Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health - Connecting the dots to prevent violence

Sep 29, 2026

A policy and public health report from the Commission for the Prevention of Youth Violence connects medicine, nursing, and public health perspectives to youth and school violence prevention. It outlines the rationale behind recommendations by synthesizing testimony and scientific literature, then identifies critical influences, key risk and protective factors, and levels of intervention. The document also presents program models, common elements of effective strategies, and an action agenda detailing roles for health professionals, schools, civic and business leaders, law enforcement, media, families, faith-based organizations, legislators, and youth.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages56

Reading Time2 h 21 min

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Introduction: Connecting the dots

Youth and violence: Setting the stage

Violence prevention: The public health approach

Levels of intervention: coordination is key

Violence prevention: Programs and strategies

Priorities and recommendations

Mobilizing change: Putting recommendations into action

References

Additional information sources

and Medicine,Nursing,and Public Health:Connecting the dotsto prevent violence From the Commission for the Prevention of Youth Violence December 2000 Medicine,Nursing,and Public Health:Connecting the dotsto prevent violence From the Commission for the Preventionof Youth Violence December 2000 Table of contents Commissioners and project staff…………………—_iv Dedication……………………… 1 Introduction: Connecting the dots 3 Youth and violence: Setting the stage………………………………………—— Some cold facts The high cost of violence Violence prevention: The public health approach………………………7 Critical influences on youth violence Key risk factors Warning signs of youth violence Protective factors Developmental assets Levels of intervention: coordination is key Violence prevention: Programs and strategies Program models Commonalities of effective programs A strategic approach A success story: the Galveston Island Youth Programs 21 Priorities and recommendations Mobilizing change: Putting recommendations into action………………27 What health professionals can do What schools can do What business and civic leaders can do What law enforcement and the justice community can do What the media can do What families can do What faith-based organizations can do What legislators can do What youth can do References Additional information sources……………… --37 Acknowledgments…………………………………………… 41 Commissioner biographies J.Edward Hill,MDNancy Nielsen,MD,PhD Carolyn Lopez,MD,Chair,Department of FamilyPractice,Cook County Hospital,Chicago,IL.Dr.Lopez represented the American Academyof Family Physicians. Jack Ginsburg,Director of Policy Analysis andResearch,American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine Jacque Admire Borgelt,MSPH,Assistant Director,Scientific Activities Division,American Academyof Family Physicians Barbara Hatcher,RN,PhD,MPH,Director ofScientific Activities,American Public HealthAssociation This report is accessible via the Internet at: http://www.ama-assn.org/violence # The Commission for the Prevention of Youth Violence Commissioners American Academy of Child and AdolescentPsychiatryMarilyn Benoit,MD American Academy of Family PhysiciansBruce Bagley,MD American Academy of PediatricsHoward Spiwak,MD American College of Physicians-American Societyof Internal MedicineWhitney Addington,MD American Medical Association The following people contributed considerably to the work of the Commissionand deserve special recognition. Project Staff American Medical AssociationReed Tuckson,MDClair Callan,MDArthur Elster,MDRoger Brown,PhDMissy Fleming,PhD Jim Lyznicki,MS,MPH(project manager)Vickie Grosso (project assistant) WriterLauren PhillipsPhillips Medical Writers,Ltd. For further information or additional copiesof this report,please contact Jim Lyznicki,MS,MPHAmerican Medical Association312464-4520(phone)312464-5842(fax)jim_lyznicki@ama-assn.org American Medical Association AllianceSusan Paddack American Nurses AssociationElaine Williams,RN,NP American Psychiatric AssociationDavid Fassler,MD American Public Health AssociationCarol Easley Allen,RN,PhD US Department of Health and Human ServicesNicole Lurie,MD,MSPH Dedicated to those— Youth workers,educators,health care,law enforcement,and juvenile justiceprofessionals,researchers,communityadvocates,victims,and survivors —on whose shoulders we build. The Commission for the Prevention of Youth Violence was established inOctober 1999,with funding by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,toapply the skils,scientific rigor,and insight of medical,nursing,and publichealth professionals to the issue of youth and school violence.Its charge wasto:(1)conduct a detailed exploration of the critical questions concerningyouth and school violence;and(2)develop and disseminate a report thatidentifies the role of health care professionals and others in violence preven-tion and interv

FAQs

What is the report’s core approach to youth and school violence?

It applies a public health approach, connecting prevention strategies to risk and protective factors and emphasizing coordinated levels of intervention.

How does the report develop its recommendations?

It synthesizes testimony collected by the Commission with existing scientific literature, and then lists the recommendations in the priorities and recommendations section.

Who is the action agenda aimed at?

It specifies actions for health professionals, schools, business and civic leaders, law enforcement and justice communities, the media, families, faith-based organizations, legislators, and youth.

Sep 29, 2026

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