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What the Media Can Do to Prevent Youth Violence
- Reinforce anti-violence messages and ideas provided by schools and communities.
- Portray the consequences of violence realistically, and treat victims of violence with respect and
- sensitivity.
- Highlight healthy, respectful relationships.
- Assist with efforts to educate the community about relationship violence, including risk and protective factors, warning signs, and appropriate interventions.
- Provide parents and other adult caretakers of children with guidelines to help them supervise and monitor their children’s use of the media.
- Promote and participate in community coalitions for the prevention of youth violence.
- Promote and publicize anti-violence programs, policies, and community efforts.
- Facilitate community discussion forums about violence prevention.
Excerpted from the Commission for the Prevention of Youth Violence. Youth and Violence: Medicine, Nursing and Public Health: Connecting the Dots to Prevent Violence. Chicago, IL : American Medical Association; 200:28.
Where to get started:
Visit the National Youth Violence Prevention Center on-line at http://www.safeyouth.org.home.htm
Or at a regional Center of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention at http://www.stopyouthviolence.ucr.edu/resource_agencies/cdc.html
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