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JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF YOUTH VIOLENCE

The Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence (JHCPYV) has been approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for an additional five years of funding. The goals of the Center are to 1) Create and sustain an administrative infrastructure to support implementation and evaluation activities, 2) Create, implement, and evaluate a multifaceted, evidence-based approach to youth violence prevention in a high-risk Baltimore community, and 3) Integrate training activities for early career researchers, educators, practitioners, community residents, and youth in youth violence prevention to complement the implementation and evaluation activities of the JHCPYV. Read more...

Bullying and Suicide Prevention:

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center hosted a webinar, Bullying and Suicide Prevention, which provided the latest research and science on the relationship between bullying and suicide and highlighted some of the shared risk and protective factors. The session also covers ways to integrate prevention of both bullying and suicide. Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, and Dr. Anat Klomek of Columbia University presented as a part of this webinar. Additional information on the session, including a podcast and slides from the session are available at http://sprc.org/traininginstitute/disc_series/index.asp

CDC Center Grant # U01CE0011954

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New JHCPYV Study Shows Safe Streets Baltimore Reduced Gun Violence in Targeted Neighborhoods

A new JHCPYV study found that Safe Streets Baltimore - a public health initiative launched in four historically violent neighborhoods in Baltimore - effectively reduced gun violence in three of those neighborhoods. The study is slated for publication in a future edition of the Journal of Urban Health. The program was launched by the Baltimore City Health Department in 2007 as a replication of Chicago's CeaseFire program. It targets high-risk youth ages 14 to 25 and employs outreach professionals to deescalate and mediate disputes that might otherwise result in serious violence. Staff serve as positive role models and direct youth toward services and opportunities to live productive, violence-free lives. In addition, staff mobilize neighborhoods to promote nonviolence. Researchers found that the number of conflicts mediated by the program was associated with reductions in homicides in the communities where Safe Streets operates.

To read our most recent interim evalution of Baltimore's Safe Streets program, click here.

To read the Executive Summary of Safe Streets Evaluation (January 11, 2012), click here.

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The Center has compiled a vast array of resources and links to websites containing useful information on the prevention of youth violence and positive youth development. Click here for information on youth advocacy, bullying, re-entry programs and more.