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Violence Prevention

School-based Anti-Bullying Interventions

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends school-based anti-bullying interventions to reduce bullying experiences and improve mental health among students. Systematic review evidence shows that when interventions are implemented in schools, students report fewer episodes of bullying…

Early Childhood Home Visitation to Prevent Child Maltreatment

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends early childhood home visitation programs based on strong evidence of their effectiveness in reducing child maltreatment among high-risk families. The CPSTF has related findings for early childhood home visitation to…

Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Juveniles to Adult Justice Systems

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends against policies facilitating the transfer of juveniles from juvenile to adult criminal justice systems for the purpose of reducing violence, based on strong evidence that these laws and policies are…

School-Based Programs to Reduce Violence

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends universal, school-based programs on the basis of strong evidence of effectiveness in preventing or reducing violent behavior. Intervention Universal school-based programs to reduce violence are designed to teach all students…

Therapeutic Foster Care for Chronically Delinquent Juveniles

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends therapeutic foster care for adolescents ages 12-18 with a history of chronic delinquency based on sufficient evidence of effectiveness in preventing violence among this population. The CPSTF has a related…

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