TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Youth voices in violence prevention
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Jones, Gaberiel Jr
A1  - Jackson, Trinidad
A1  - Ahmed, Halima
A1  - Brown, Quintez
A1  - Dantzler, Terrance
A1  - Ford, Nicole
A1  - Lawrence, Sydney
A1  - Neely, TreyVon
A1  - Olivas, Braulio
A1  - Palencia, Andrew
A1  - Pinder, Jeremiah
A1  - Pinder, Nehemiah
A1  - Raggs, Antoinette
A1  - Ray, Chante
A1  - Robinson, Quincy
A1  - Rousseau, Aniyah
A1  - Sims, Julien
A1  - Stowe, Reid
A1  - Teeples, William T.
A1  - Thomas, Elijah
A1  - Williams, Terrell
A1  - Mercado, Melissa C.
SP  - S17
EP  - S19
VL  - 111
IS  - Suppl 1
N2  - Violence is a leading cause of death for youths aged 10 to 24 years in the United States.1 Consequently, violence among youths presents urgent challenges for communities. To address these, it can help to interrogate researchers' understanding of interpersonal violence and how it influences the levers of change we identify when developing community-level violence-prevention strategies. In practice, this requires a shift in focus, from the individual behaviors traditionally recognized as violence to the social and structural determinants underlying interpersonal violence.2,3 Youth voices critically inform this process. In addition to assessing the youth perspective, it is vital to meaningfully engage youths in violence prevention and evaluate such efforts.     For 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Youth Violence Prevention Centers (YVPCs; https://bit.ly/36WRDgU) have engaged in academic-community collaborations for youth violence prevention. Currently focused on community-level strategies, these efforts have benefitted from youths who are from communities affected by violence. As they work alongside researchers as well as community, government and business leaders, YVPC-engaged youths provide expertise derived from their lived experience and other skillsets to develop violence-prevention strategies. They have been instrumental in shifting narratives about violence, leading equitable youth engagement, and influencing power entities to protect and uplift their communities.     This editorial is coauthored by YVPC-engaged youths (aged 14-26 years) alongside academic and CDC researchers. Citations are included only for readers' reference, as YVPC-engaged youth perspectives are the main feature. From this point onward, YVPC-engaged youth coauthors speak to us in the first person...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306207
ID  - ref1
ER  -