Module 2: Youth Violence

Introduction

The second presentation in Module 2, Youth Violence, introduces you to the scope of the youth violence problem. In this presentation, you will learn about types of youth violence, the occurrence and consequences of youth violence worldwide and in the United States, the application of the Socio-Ecological Model to youth violence, and how primary prevention broadens the work of those working in youth violence prevention.

Competencies addressed:

• Ability to describe and explain youth violence as a major social and health problem
• Explain how youth violence is preventable
• Explain the interrelationship of youth violence with other forms of violence

Learning objectives:

• Define and describe the scope and some of the types of youth violence
• Describe the consequences of youth violence
• Describe risk and protective factors (at the individual, relationship, community and societal levels)
• Describe the relationship between youth violence and some other forms of violence
• Find other resources for further study

Suggested prerequisites: Module One ( Part 1: Moving Upstream: The Story of Prevention, Part 2: The Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention, and Part 3: The Socio-Ecological Model: A Pathway to Prevention)

Length of presentation: 25 minutes

Terms used in this presentation: Prevention, Protective factors, Risk factors, Socio-Ecological Model

Created by:Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH and Michael Yonas, DrPH

Narrated by: Janet Place, MPH

Music: Janet Place, MPH

Reviewers: Carol Runyan and Karen Strazza Moore, Injury Prevention Research Center; Linda Dahlberg and Tom Simon, The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Date of release: July 2006