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Pathways to Outdoor Recreation, Physical Activity, and Delinquency Among Urban Latino Adolescents

February 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Individual-level factors, such as fear and perceptions of incivilities, among youth in neighborhoods with high crime rates may influence levels of physical activity and delinquency.

RWJF Joins Major Initiative to Aid Boys and Men of Color

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Foundation Leaders Pledge Action on Issues Facing Boys and Young Men of Color

Community Programs Help Prevent Youth Violence

January 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Community Violence Prevention Project at the Harvard School of Public Health assists local leaders in planning, implementing and evaluating violence prevention projects in their communities.

Video Documents how Boston Dramatically Reduced Youth Violence

June 30, 2003 | Program Result

Mediawrights, a communications strategy and production company, developed a videotape, a Web site and marketing materials to describe the experience of the Boston Strategy to Prevent Youth Violence.

High School Students Map Five Flashpoints and Suggest Ways to Defuse Them

July 1, 2001 | Program Result

The Foundation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey held the 1999 Youth Summit on Violence in Newark on May 17, 1999, attended by 400 New Jersey high school students.

Effort to Stem Youth Violence Helps Produce Book on Empowering Parents

December 1, 1998 | Program Result

Starting in mid 1995, the Task Force on Youth Violence formed by the National Parenting Association (NPA) sought to develop a set of strategies to help parents ensure the safety of their children and communities. Because of financial and political constraints, the task force's original goals were scaled down and merged into other NPA projects.

How to Give Peace a Chance?

November 1, 1996 | Program Result

The Community Violence Prevention Program, at the Harvard School of Public Health, implemented a resource center that provided technical assistance and informational support to program operators of community-based violence prevention programs.

Streetworkers Mediate Gang Violence and Connect Teens to Health Services in Lowell, Mass.

November 20, 2008 | Program Result

From 2003 to 2007, the United Teen Equality Center hired two outreach workers who worked with members of seven of the most active Southeast Asian youth gangs in Lowell, Mass., to reduce violence and improve teens' access to health care.

Cure Violence: A Successful Model for Reducing Violence Among Young People

May 2, 2008 | Story

A strategic effort to reverse the violence epidemic using highly-trained street outreach staff, public education and community mobilization.

Out-of-School Males of Color

January 1, 2012 | Report

This roundtable provides additional content knowledge in framing the education and employment policies and practices for out-of-school males of color.

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