@article{ref1,
title="A model for effective community-academic partnerships for youth violence prevention",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2021",
author="Gorman-Smith, Deborah and Bechhoefer, Dave and Cosey-Gay, Franklin N. and Kingston, Beverly E. and Nation, Maury A. and Vagi, Kevin J. and Villamar, Juan A. and Zimmerman, Marc A.",
volume="111",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="S25-S27",
abstract="Violence, a leading cause of death in the United States (https://bit.ly/3esvTLM), leaves lasting scars among victims and communities. A recent study of 15- and 17-year-old youths living in high-burden Chicago, Illinois, neighborhoods indicated that almost 87% had been exposed to a serious form of violence, 32% had lost a close friend or family member to murder, and 18% had witnessed a fatal shooting (Gorman-Smith et al., unpublished data). Although these are staggering statistics, reducing and preventing youth violence is possible. We have a growing list of effective, evidence-based interventions, but why does implementation remain low?1  One reason for limited implementation is that practice-based and local knowledge often does not inform researcher-developed programs. Many researchers push evidence out to a community without meaningful participation from community stakeholders. By contrast, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded Youth Violence Prevention Centers (YVPCs) to actively pursue community-academic partnerships (https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/yvpc/index.html). These collaborations offer a framework for public health violence prevention strategies.2 Combining community and academic perspectives through effective partnerships is critical in creating meaningful and sustainable community effects.   Understanding and preventing violence requires a coordinated, comprehensive, and community-tailored effort that integrates strategies and approaches across systems and sectors. YVPCs are examples of this kind of community-academic collaboration. Their success underscores several collective lessons learned...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2021.306280",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306280"
}