Of potential interest to our group:
CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Injury Center) announces three new awards for research grants for preventing violence and violence-related injuries starting in fiscal year 2014.
Evaluating a Dating and Sexual Violence Bystander Prevention Program with High School Youth: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial
Principle Investigator – Dr. Katie Edwards
Institution – University of New Hampshire
Dating violence and sexual assault among high school students is a significant public health problem, and the increased availability of evidence-based primary prevention strategies is critical. Bystander approaches are a promising strategy that encourages all community members to be involved in prevention. This research is a cluster randomized control trial of the Bringing in the Bystander-High School Curriculum. The impact of this program on dating and sexual violence-related attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors will be examined by surveying students and school staff in 26 high schools before the program is implemented, at the end of the program, and at five-month and one-year follow-ups.
A Cluster-Randomized Trial of a Middle School Gender Violence Prevention Program
Principle Investigator – Dr. Elizabeth Miller
Institution – University of Pittsburgh
Although dating and sexual violence can begin early, few evidence-based prevention programs are available for middle school youth. This research will address this gap with a cluster randomized control trial of Coaching Boys into Men, a promising strategy that trains athletic coaches to modify gender norms that contribute to dating and sexual violence and to promote bystander intervention skills. The impact of this program on dating and sexual violence knowledge and perpetration, gender-related views of relationships, and bystander skills will be examined by surveying male athletes in 26 middle schools before the program is implemented, at the end of the sport season, and again one year later.
Youth Violence Prevention through Environmental Design
Principle Investigator – Dr. Mark Zimmerman
Institution – University of Michigan
Youth violence is a significant public health problem as indicated by youth homicide being the third leading cause of death among 10-24 year-olds. This research will examine the effects of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and other school- and community-based prevention activities on youth violence. CPTED activities include addressing blight and crime hotspots, stabilizing land use, and establishing leisure and recreational areas that are safe. A quasi-experimental design will examine the effects of CPTED activities only, CPTED activities plus other school- and community-based prevention strategies, other school- and community-based prevention strategies only, and no prevention strategies on crime incidents, assault injuries, property conditions, and residents’ perceptions and behaviors.
About CDC’s Approach to Violence Prevention
Violence is a significant problem in the United States. From infants to the elderly, it affects people in all stages of life. CDC uses a public health approach to stopping violence before it begins (i.e., primary prevention). CDC engages in number of violence prevention activities that involve:
•Monitoring violence-related injuries
•Conducting research on the factors that put people at risk or protect them from violence
•Creating and evaluating the effectiveness of violence prevention programs
•Helping state and local partners plan, implement, and evaluate prevention programs
•Conducting research on the effective adoption and dissemination of prevention strategies
For more information about violence and CDC’s work to prevent violence, please visithttp://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention.
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