Community Engagement in Youth Violence Prevention: Crafting Methods to Context
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The Youth Violence Prevention Center (YVPC), funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is to reduce and reduce youth violence in specific high-risk communities by implementing and evaluating comprehensive evidence-based preventive measures It is aiming. And Human Services, 2010). In this common framework, each YVPC has a different structure and methodology, but everyone participates in the community in various ways. We investigated the community participation of three centers in North Carolina village, suburb of Denver, Colorado, Flint in Michigan State.
The geographic area serviced by the three YVPCs described herein varies in size, population, ethnicity, and ethnic composition. The North Carolina State Youth Violence Prevention Excellence Center (NC-YVPC) is operated in Robertson County, a rural area with diverse American Indians, African Americans, Latin Americans, European Americans. The Colorado Youth Violence Prevention Excellence Academic Center (CO-YVPC) serves Denver's Monbello Community. Originally designed as a suburb of the city, the community is home to large Hispanic and African Americans. The Michigan State Youth Violence Prevention Center (MI - YVPC) focuses on about 2 square miles of Flint, Michigan. The population of the MI - YVPC intervention zone is mainly African - Americans.
All YVPC wants to cooperate with regional partners and regional organizations. However, in addition to this requirement, the extent and form of community engagement activities are left to the discretion of the grantee so that each website has an approach to focus on the unique needs and history of the site, and the focus of the intervention strategy You can adjust. Therefore, each center described in this white paper uses various community engagement methods to maintain their own background and goals, respectively. These include strategies for involving local organizations, adult residents, and young people. The purpose of this paper is to explain the actual dynamics of community involvement in young people's efforts to prevent violence and how they relate to principles outlined in the literature of effective community social science partnership It is to do.
Participation strategies and support principles are affected by various factors. First, the various efforts that organizations use to engage men and women to prevent violence have shaped their strategy. The explanation for this range is based on various levels of male and female prevention, such as primary prevention (major prevention before violence), secondary prevention (after violence has started), and tertiary prevention (after responding to violence) is there. It will happen to prevent recurrence) (Chamberlain, 2008). Finally, efforts may vary, depending on the circumstances of a particular situation (such as different age groups and cultural communities).
The Youth Violence Prevention Center (YVPC), funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is to reduce and reduce youth violence in specific high-risk communities by implementing and evaluating comprehensive evidence-based preventive measures It is aiming. And Human Services, 2010). In this common framework, each YVPC has a different structure and methodology, but everyone participates in the community in various ways. We investigated the community participation of three centers in North Carolina village, suburb of Denver, Colorado, Flint in Michigan State.
The Community Youth Services (CYS) grant program is aimed at developing, implementing, expanding and maintaining strategies, activities, and services to prevent underage crimes and violence in Illinois 11-24 year olds It is aiming. The CYS program focuses on community involvement, strategic planning, service (coordination, communication, delivery) and introduction. The CYS grant program is a comprehensive approach. As specified in the service, the physical conditions in public places (lighting, safe playground and