Preventing Youth Violence Through Building Equitable Communities

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · Nov 25, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Violence disproportionately affects African American youth. In addition to death and injury, violence exposure has significant psychological consequences, including traumatic stress symptoms and internalizing problems. Self-directed violence has shown startling and disproportionate growth among African American youth, with suicide rates nearly doubling from 2007 to 2018. Current prevention strategies have limited effectiveness, perhaps due to their failure to address the causal role of structural racism in violence. The primary aim of this proposed project is to examine the extent to which ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Youth will be eligible for the study if they attend a participating school, are capable of providing assent, and are able to understand spoken or written English.
• • School personnel will be eligible if they are currently employed at a participating school.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Unable to give assent or consent.