Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, August 10, 2007 / Vol. 56 / No. RR-7

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• Alternative Title:
  The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violent and Aggressive Behavior: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Hahn, Robert A., 1945- ; Fuqua-Whitley, Dawna ; Wethington, Holly ; Lowy, Jessica ; Snyder, Susan R. ; Cory, Stella ; Stone, Glenda ; Mukhopadhaya, Kaushik ; Chattopadhyay, Sajal
• Corporate Authors:
  Task Force on Community Preventive Services (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Health Marketing (U.S.). Division of Health Communication and Marketing.
• Description:
  "Universal school-based programs to reduce or prevent violent behavior are delivered to all children in classrooms in a grade or in a school. Similarly, programs targeted to schools in high-risk areas (defined by low socioeconomic status or high crime rates) are delivered to all children in a grade or school in those high-risk areas. During 2004-2006, the Task Force on Community Preventive Services (Task Force) conducted a systematic review of published scientific evidence concerning the effectiveness of these programs. The results of this review provide strong evidence that universal school-based programs decrease rates of violence and aggressive behavior among school-aged children. Program effects were demonstrated at all grade levels. An independent meta-analysis of school-based programs confirmed and supplemented these findings. On the basis of strong evidence of effectiveness, the Task Force recommends the use of universal school-based programs to prevent or reduce violent behavior." - p. 1
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Aggression / Psychology Child School Health Services / Organization & Administration Social Behavior Violence / Prevention & Control
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 2007; v. 56, no. 7
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print) ; 1545-8601 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Pages in Document:
  16 pdf pages
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6879/cdc_6879_DS1.pdf
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