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Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action: A Compilation of the Best Available Evidence for Youth and Young Adults

ckeene — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:42:40 +0000

Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action: A Compilation of the Best Available Evidence for Youth and Young Adults ckeene Fri, 08/16/2024 - 08:42

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Published Date

August, 2024

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August 16, 2024

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Author(s)

Mandy K. Cohen

Allison Arwady

James A. Mercy

This resource was developed to help communities and states focus on strategies with the greatest potential to prevent violence and promote health and safety. This prevention resource brings together examples based on the best available evidence. It outlines seven strategies to prevent community violence to ensure everyone can live in safe, healthy, and thriving communities.

The strategies and approaches described in this prevention resource are supported by the best available evidence and can be a critical tool for communities in their violence prevention efforts.

The prevention strategies are:

Strengthen economic security.
Provide quality education.
Create protective environments.
Promote healthy family relationships.
Strengthen youth and young adults’ skills.
Connect young people to caring adults and activities.
Intervene to lessen harms and prevent future risk.

This resource is an update to the Youth Violence Prevention Resource for Action released in 2016. It includes updated evidence for preventing violence in youth (ages 10-24) and adds examples for preventing violence in young adults (ages 25-34).

Community violence is a serious public health problem in the United States. For youth ages 10 to 24 years, homicide is the second leading cause of death, and for young adults ages 25 to 34, it is the third leading cause of death. Additionally, approximately 800,000 young people are treated in U.S. emergency departments each year for injuries resulting from interpersonal violence. This resource also describes the social and structural contexts for community violence that these strategies might help address. Throughout the document, we focus on improving the conditions that increase risk for violence. Communities can prioritize a comprehensive approach that addresses the underlying drivers of violence while also reducing the immediate risks.

Many communities are implementing effective strategies for prevention. The strategies and approaches in this prevention resource are intended to be combined with existing community-led prevention approaches. Everyone can play a role in putting the evidence into action as we work together towards communities free from violence.

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Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action

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About Community Violence

About Youth Violence

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ARP Series: What is the connection between COVID-19 and domestic violence, and how do these two issues impact transgender and non-binary individuals?

berdman — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:05:22 +0000

ARP Series: What is the connection between COVID-19 and domestic violence, and how do these two issues impact transgender and non-binary individuals? berdman Mon, 03/17/2025 - 13:05

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NRCDV Publications

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March, 2024

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Author(s)

Kara Cook

This Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) explores the intersecting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and domestic violence on trans and non-binary individuals and communities, offering strategies to promote inclusive, culturally responsive, and affirming services.

See more TAQs on the VAWnet News Blog.

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ARP Series: What is the connection between COVID-19 and domestic violence, and …

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Telling Our Stories: Ending the Cycle of Shame

Telling Our Stories: Ending the Cycle of Shame

berdman — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:23:37 +0000

Telling Our Stories: Ending the Cycle of Shame berdman Wed, 03/13/2024 - 09:23

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Published Date

March, 2024

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Intercambios

Creating room for stories can unveil the complex web of chains that trap TQLGB survivors in an unending cycle of shame. This resource from Intercambios proposes a shift in perspective. Instead of wondering why individuals from TQLGB communities are hesitant to share/disclose their stories, let's redirect the focus inward and ask: "How might I or my agency be contributing to the narrative of shame?"

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National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)

2022 U.S. Trans Survey

berdman — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:01:26 +0000

2022 U.S. Trans Survey berdman Thu, 02/15/2024 - 14:01

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Published Date

February, 2024

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Author(s)

Sandy E. James

Jody L. Herman

Laura E. Durso

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen

The 2022 U.S. Trans Survey (USTS) was fielded from October 19 to December 5, 2022. As a community-based survey, the USTS was developed with the assistance of dozens of individuals and organizations with robust connections to trans people and communities throughout the United States and with subject-matter expertise.

The 2022 USTS was expanded to address lessons learned from the 2015 USTS, respond to the evolving sociopolitical landscape, and increase knowledge of the lives and experiences of trans people in the United States.

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2022 U.S. Trans Survey

2022 U.S. Trans Survey: Early Insights

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2016/2017 Report on Victimization by Sexual Identity

berdman — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:36:06 +0000

National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2016/2017 Report on Victimization by Sexual Identity berdman Mon, 10/16/2023 - 10:36

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October, 2023

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This report highlights findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) specific to sexual identity. This report fills gaps in research about the lifetime experiences of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence experienced by U.S. women and men separately by sexual identity. This report focuses on the recent findings from NISVS of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and straight/heterosexual individuals' lifetime violence victimization experiences.

Key findings:

While women and men of all sexual identities experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes, women reported experiencing a substantial sexual violence burden, especially bisexual women.

4 in 5 (almost 80%) bisexual women and over 56% of bisexual men reported experiencing contact sexual violence in their lifetimes.
3 in 5 (almost 60%) of both lesbian women and gay men reported experiencing contact sexual violence.
Over 53% of heterosexual women and over 29% of heterosexual men reported experiencing contact sexual violence.
More than 1 in 4 lesbian women and almost 2 in 4 bisexual women reported to researchers they experienced rape during their lifetimes.
About a quarter of gay men and 3% of heterosexual men reported to researchers they experienced rape during their lifetimes.
One in 4 gay men and 1 in 5 bisexual men were made to penetrate someone else during their lifetimes.

Systems of oppression contribute to higher rates of sexual violence. These systems include racism, sexism, and heterosexism, among others. For those impacted by one or more of these oppressions, the risk of sexual violence increases. Over half of non-Hispanic white lesbian women (58.6%) experienced contact sexual violence in their lifetime.

1 in 4 non-Hispanic white lesbian women reported to researchers they experienced rape.
Half of all Hispanic gay men (49.5%) and 61.2% non-Hispanic white gay men experienced contact sexual violence
Over 27% of Hispanic, almost 34% of non-Hispanic Black, and over 29% non-Hispanic white heterosexual men experienced contact sexual violence
About half of all Hispanic bisexual women reported to researchers they experienced rape.
Over half of non-Hispanic bisexual women reported to researchers they experienced rape.
Over 26% of non-Hispanic white gay men reported to researchers they experienced rape in their lifetime.

Victims generally know those who harm them.

Most women and men across all sexual identities who experienced contact sexual violence reported that the person who harmed them was someone they knew.
Over one-third (36.7%) of bisexual women reported experiencing contact sexual violence by a stranger.
Almost 45% of victims who were gay men reported being raped by an acquaintance, including over 30% by a former or current intimate partner.

Sex of Perpetrator: (Contact Sexual Violence)

Over 72% of lesbian victims reported only having male perpetrators; 1 in 5 (20%) had both male and female perpetrators.
Over 74% of bisexual women victims reported only having male perpetrators; 1 in 6 (16.7%) had both male and female perpetrators.
Over 89% of heterosexual women victims had only male perpetrators and .5% had only female perpetrators.
75.3% of gay men reported only having male perpetrators 1 in 6 had both male and female perpetrators.
1 in 3 bisexual male victims reported only having male perpetrators.
1 in 5 heterosexual male victims reported only male perpetrators, 1 in 2 had only female perpetrators, and about 1 in 6 had both male and female perpetrators.

Young people are targeted by those who sexually offend.

More than half of all female victims and one-third of all male victims of contact sexual violence first experienced victimization before the age of 18, regardless of sexual identity. Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth might experience violence at even younger ages. Nearly 1 in 3 lesbian and bisexual female victims and 1 in 6 gay men reported experiencing their first contact sexual violence at the age of 10 or younger.

Creating safe, supportive, and inclusive environments for everyone is key to preventing sexual violence. Preventing sexual violence means we all must address deep-rooted abuses of power that contribute to inequities in health, safety, and well-being. A health equity approach to preventing sexual violence means that we need to both understand and address the factors that contribute to violence and safety and factors that expose some communities — especially communities that have been historically oppressed — to higher rates of sexual violence. By leading with health equity, we can work together to build collective power and create the kind of equitable, respectful communities we want to live in.

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National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2016/2017 Report on Victi…

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Queer and Trans Asians and Pacific Islanders: Strengths, Resources, and Barriers for Preventing Domestic Violence-Related Homicides

berdman — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:57:42 +0000

Queer and Trans Asians and Pacific Islanders: Strengths, Resources, and Barriers for Preventing Domestic Violence-Related Homicides berdman Wed, 10/18/2023 - 11:57

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Published Date

October, 2023

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Author(s)

Fatima Arain

Susan Ghanbarpour

This report presents a groundbreaking qualitative research project focusing on the prevention of domestic violence-related homicides among queer and trans Asians and Pacific Islanders (QTAPI). It uncovers the complex web of risk factors, including isolation and systemic oppression, which heighten the vulnerability of QTAPI survivors. Despite these challenges, the report highlights community-driven solutions that emphasize cultural values and healing, ultimately offering hope for a more supportive and inclusive future.

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Queer and Trans Asians and Pacific Islanders: Strengths, Resources, and Barrier…

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Cultural Competence