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Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents
September 2004
Clinical Focus*
- What are the factors that contribute to violence and associated adverse health outcomes in childhood and adolescence?
- What are the patterns of co-occurrence of these factors?
- What evidence exists on the safety and effectiveness of interventions for violence?
- Where evidence of safety and effectiveness exists, are there other outcomes beyond reducing violence? If so, what is known about effectiveness by age, sex, and race/ethnicity?
- What are commonalties of the interventions that are effective, and those that are ineffective?
- What are the priorities for future research?
*Addressed in the summary or evidence report.
Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents
Summary (Publication No. 04-E032-1, September 2004)
Evidence Report (Publication No. 04-E032-2, October 2004)
Center: Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center
Topic Nominator: Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
Topic Funder: Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR)
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