Forum on Youth Violence in Minority Communities: Setting the Agenda for Prevention: Summary of the Proceedings, Atlanta, Georgia, December 10-12, 1990

• NCJ Number: 152490
• Journal: Public Health Reports Volume: 106 Issue: 3 Dated: (May-June 1991) Pages: 225-279
• Author(s): Anonymous
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 55 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Ctr's for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

A forum cosponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Minority Health Professions Foundation brought together 110 participants and observers on the current status of interventions in the field of violence prevention and their application to preventing youth violence in minority communities.

Abstract

Speakers noted the importance of beginning prevention efforts despite risks and imperfect understanding of the issue; the importance of social change in violence prevention; and the experiences of violence prevention projects in Kansas City, Boston, Contra Costa County (California), Atlanta, and Paramount, California. Other presentations focused on funding, strategies directed toward the general population of minority youth, strategies for high-risk youth, weapons and minority youth violence, early childhood interventions, and the need for a public health commitment to violence prevention. List of participants and observers