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Mark, G.Y., Cohen, R., Reznik, V., Marris, P., & Hernandez-Cordero, L. (March 2008). Community Mobilization for the Prevention of Youth Violence. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Vol. 34, Supplement (3S).
•Table of Contents:
•Commentary
Community Mobilization to Prevent Youth Violence and to Create Safe Communities -C David-Ferdon, WR Hammond
Making Youth Violence Prevention a National Priority - US Senator Arlen Specter
•Introduction
Community Mobilization and Its Application to Youth Violence Prevention - G Kim-Ju, GY Mark, R Cohen, O Garcia-Santiago, P Nguyen
•Articles
Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Youth Violence in a Small city - AL Meyer, R Cohen, T Edmonds, S Masho
Partnerships for Preventing Violence: A Locally-Led Satellite Training Model - M Feldman Hertz, E De Vos, L Cohen, R Davis, D Prothrow-Stith
Constructing Peace: Helping Youth Cope in the Aftermath of 9/11 - LJ Hernandez-Cordero, M Thompson Fullilove
Engaging Latino Residents to Build a Healthier Community in Mid-City San Diego - K O'Neill, KJ Williams, V Reznik
Building Social Capital Through Neighborhood Mobilization: Challenges and Lessons Learned - PR Payne, KR Williams
Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center: Community Mobilization Efforts to Reduce and Prevent Youth Violence - MH Lai
Developing Partnerships to Advance Youth Violence Prevention in Puerto Rico: The Role of an Academic Center of Excellence - B Mirabal, G. Lopez-Sanchez, M Franco-Ortiz, M Mendez
Incorporating the Experienec of Youth with Traumatic Injury into the Training of Health Professionals - D Zirkle, K Williams, K Herzog, D Sidelinger, C Connelly, V Reznik
Hui Malama o ke Kai: Mobilizing to Prevent Youth Violence and Substance Use with Passion, Common Goals, and Culture - NP Akeo, ES Bunyan, KN Burgess, DR Eckart, SL Evensen, SM Hirose-Wong, SS Majit-Gorion, DT Mayeda, CK Takeshita, IK Takeshita, CG Vasconcellos
A Framework for Community Mobilization to Promote Health Youth Development - J Watson-Thomspon, SB Fawcett, JA Schultz
An Ethnic Studies Model of Community Mobilization: Collaborative Partnership with a High-Risk Public High School - Sobredo, G Kim-Ju, J Figueroa, GY Mark, J Fabionar
Organizational Empowerment in Community Mobilization to Address Youth Violence - DM Griffith, J Ober Allen, MA Zimmerman, S Morrel-Samuels, TM Reischl, SE Cohen, KA Campbell
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Simon, Thomas R.; Ikeda, Robin M.; Smith, Emilie Phillips; Reese, Le’Roy E.; Rabiner, David L.; Miller, Shari; Winn, Donna-Marie; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Asher, Steven R.; Horne, Arthur M.; Orpinas, Pamela; Martin, Roy; Quinn, William H.; Tolan, Patrick H.; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Henry, David B.; Gay, Franklin N.; Schoeny, Michael; Farrell, Albert D.; Meyer, Aleta L.; Sullivan, Terri N.; Allison, Kevin W.; The Multisite Violence Prevention Project, US. (2009). The ecological effects of universal and selective violence prevention programs for middle school students: A randomized trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 526-542.
Kim-Ju, G., Mark, G.Y., Cohen, R., Garcia-Santiago, O., Nguyen, P. (2008) Community mobilization and its application to youth violence prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34, 3S, S5-S12.
Le, T.N., & Stockdale, G. (2008). Acculturative dissonance, ethnic identity, and youth violence. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14(1), 1-9.
Meyer, A., Cohen, B., Edmond, T., & Masho, S.W. (2008) Developing a comprehensive approach to youth violence prevention in a small city. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 3, s13-s20.
Sawyer, A.L., Bradshaw, C.P., & O'Brennan, L.M. (2008). Examining ethnic, gender, and developmental differences in the way children report being a victim of "bullying" on self-report measures. J Adol Health, 43(2), 106-114.
Sullivan, T.N., Farrell, A.D., Bettencourt, A.F., & Helms, S.W. (2008). Core competencies and prevention of youth violence. In N. G. Guerra & C. P. Bradshaw (Eds.), Core competencies to prevent problem behaviors and promote positive youth development. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, 122, 33-46.
The Multisite Violence Prevention Project. (2008). The Multisite Violence Prevention Project: Impact of a universal school-based violence prevention program on social-cognitive outcomes. Prevention Science, 9, 231-244.
Weiner, J., Wiebe, D.J., Richmond, T.S., Beam, K., Berman, A.L., Branas, C.C., Cheney, R.A., Coyne-Beasly,T., Firman, J., Fishbein, M., Hargarten, S., Hemenway, D., Jeffcoat, R., Kennedy, D., Koper, C.S., Lemaire, J., Miller, M., Roth, J.A., Schwab, C.W., Spitzer, R., Teret, S., Vernick, J., & Webster, D. (2007). Reducing firearm violence: a research agenda. Inj Prev, 13(2), 80-84.
Arifuku, I., Peacock, D., Glesmann, C. (2006). Profiling Incarcerated Asian and Pacific Islander Youth: Statististics Derived from California Youth Authority Administrative Data. AAPI Nexus. Vol. 4, No. 2.
Le, T.N. and Wallen, J. 2006. Youth Delinquency: Self-Reported Rates and risk Factors of Cambodian, Chinese, Lao/Mien, and Vietnamese Youth. AAPI Nexus. Vol. 4, No. 2.
Mayeda, D.T., Pasko, L., & Chesney-Lind, M. (2006). “You got to do so much to actually make it”: Gender, Ethnicity, and Samoan Youth in Hawai’i. AAPI Nexus, 4(2), 69-93.