Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Content Topic Results
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December 2011
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey Communications Toolkit
Publisher(s):This toolkit contains creative ideas and examples that CDC’s partners, grantees, and other groups can use leading up to and following the release of NISVS data.
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February 2011
Principles of Prevention
Publisher(s):This online course teaches key concepts of primary prevention, the public health approach, and the social-ecological model.
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January 2011
DELTA and DELTA PREP: Building Capacity for Primary Prevention of IPV
Publisher(s):This 2-pager describes the CDC funded DELTA and DELTA PREP projects that support state/territory domestic violence coalitions as they
1) build organizational readiness; 2) enhance their state and community-level abilities to prevent IPV; and 3) build evidence for effective primary prevention practices, programs, and policies.
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Together for Girls: We can end sexual violence
Publisher(s):It brings together 10 public and private sector organizations focused on one common goal: halting sexual violence against girls. Current actions under the Together for Girls initiative include surveys, programs, and partnership activities.
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Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations and Deaths 2002_2006
Publisher(s):This report presents data on TBI-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths for the years 2002 through 2006 and can be used to determine the number of TBIs occurring each year, groups most affected, and the leading causes of TBI. This important information can be used to document the need for TBI prevention, to identify research and education priorities, and to support the need for services among individuals living with a TBI.
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January 2010
Training Professionals in the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence: A Planning Guide
Publisher(s):This Guide describes how to develop, implement, and evaluate a training process, taking into account your available level of resources - by turning awareness and knowledge into mastered skills and practices to prevent sexual or intimate partner violence. It is intended for use by state-level entities providing training to community based organizations (CBOs) or to other state- level entities as well as for CBOs providing training within their own organizations or to other professionals in their communities.
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January 2010
Evaluation for Improvement: A Seven-step Empowerment Evaluation Approach for Violence Prevention Organizations
Publisher(s):This manual is designed to help violence prevention organizations hire an empowerment evaluator who will assist them in building their evaluation capacity through a learn-by-doing process of evaluating their own strategies.
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Understanding Child Maltreatment
Publisher(s):This resource provides a quick overview of different types of child abuse, including sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. It also includes a brief overview of the CDCÍs approach to prevention.
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January 2010
Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Publisher(s):Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
This free, online VetoViolence course provides educators with a basic knowledge of teen dating violence prevention.
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Sexual Violence: Facts at a Glance
Publisher(s):This fact sheet includes the following categories: adults, health disparities, college age, children and youth (17 years or younger), non-fatal injuries and medical treatment and perpetrators.
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February 2008
When Closeness Goes Wrong
Publisher(s):In this 8 minute podcast, Dr. Michele Black discusses a link between intimate partner violence and illnesses, including asthma, arthritis, stroke, increased heavy or binge drinking, smoking, and risk factors such as HIV or sexually transmitted diseases.
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Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers
Publisher(s):The brief summarizes what is known about young people and electronic aggression, provides strategies for addressing the issue with young people, and discusses the implications for school staff, education policy makers, and parents and caregivers.









