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Developing a Power-Building Model for Community Violence Prevention

Defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), community violence “happens between unrelated individuals, who may or may not know each other, generally outside the home,” and impacts millions of Americans every year. According to FBI data from 2022, an estimated 1,232,428 violent crime offenses were committed in this country, and more than 26,000 people died due to homicide. This represents a significant public health problem, and it is also preventable.  

Prevention programs developed at the local level, with leaders, individuals with lived experiences, community-based organizations (CBOs) and health departments, can center the voices and experiences of the communities that are most impacted by community violence. Community power-building is an organizing approach that focuses on individuals most impacted by a social or systemic issue and empowers those people to take the lead on influencing changes in practices and policies in their local areas.

About the Project

The CDC Foundation is partnering with Human Impact Partners (HIP) and Health Resources in Action (HRiA) to pilot a project to gauge the readiness and applicability of community power-building strategies for violence prevention interventions in four US cities: Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Oakland, California. 

Community Violence Prevention

 

The goal is to co-create a model for this type of program, alongside community members, organizations and health departments. HIP is providing technical assistance and webinars on community power-building strategies, and HRiA is working on a program called WEaving A Violence-prevention Ecosystem (WEAVE). Through this component, HRiA is conducting a landscape analysis of violence prevention interventions in each community and then hosting two-day convenings to further engage these various stakeholders to continue to map the violence prevention ecosystem and make connections across organizations working in this space. Feedback from the webinars and in-person convenings will inform the development of a toolkit tailored to help community violence prevention organizations work together towards their goals with a shared understanding of health equity and community power-building strategies as well as how best to lift up the voices and experiences of the local areas that are most impacted by violence. Then, this model could be collectively used to identify, select and implement appropriate interventions, programs and practices.


This project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and as part of a financial assistance award totaling $750,000 and is 100% funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. government.

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Community Violence Prevention
United States of America
In co-creating a power-building model for community violence prevention, alongside community members, organizations and health departments, this program aims to develop a scalable model with a shared understanding of health equity and community power-building strategies as well as how best to center the voices and experiences of the local people that are most impacted by community violence.
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Supporting CBOs to Combat Community Violence

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Supporting CBOs to Combat Community Violence
United States of America
To support community-based organizations (CBOs) in community violence prevention with technical assistance from CDC.
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Overdose Prevention Performance Monitoring Indicators and Medicolegal Death Investigation Data Modernization

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Overdose Prevention Performance Monitoring Indicators and Medicolegal Death Investigation Data Modernization
United States of America
To combat the drug overdose epidemic in the United States, timely, comprehensive, and high-quality data are needed to detect emerging drug use trends, ensure a nimble approach, and drive evidence-based prevention and response strategies. This project will 1) build capacity among medicolegal death investigation (MDI) offices to collect and share death data and 2) identify and develop a set of overdose prevention indicators for local and state jurisdictions to track and improve efforts.
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Preventing Older Adult Falls and Fall Injuries

Partner Toolkit 

Share resources for falls and fall injury prevention:

Download the Fall Prevention Partner Toolkit

This toolkit is designed for partner organizations to help promote the Falls Free CheckUp to older adults (65+) and their caregivers. Please use this content and resources within your organization's communications.

Download Social Media Assets

Use these social media graphics and video to share resources on the Falls Free CheckUp on social media platforms. 

 

Resources

Falls Free CheckUp Conference Card
Use the screening tool to learn about your risk for falls. 

MyMobility
Use the planning tool to help you take the necessary steps to keep yourself or your loved ones safe, mobile, and independent tomorrow.

STEADI Older Adult Materials
CDC’s STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries) initiative for healthcare providers includes educational materials and tools to help them discuss falls with their older patients and their caregivers.

Older Adult Fall Prevention Fact Sheet
This CDC fact sheet summarizes the growing but preventable problem of falls among older adult falls while outlining ways older adults, caregivers, and their health care providers can prevent falls.

Medicines Risk Fact Sheet
Prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, and even some herbal products can cause side effects that can increase your risk of a fall or motor vehicle crash. Use this fact sheet to identify medicines that put you at risk and know questions to ask your doctor.

Older Adult Fall Prevention CDC website
Falls—and the injuries they cause—are increasing. Learn how you can prevent falls at CDC.gov/falls.

Each year more than one in four older adults, age 65 and older, experience a fall, resulting in about 3 million emergency department visits, 950,000 hospitalizations and 32,000 deaths. Many of these falls are preventable. The CDC Foundation, with leveraged technical resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is developing user-friendly fall prevention resources for older adults and their caregivers. This program is supported by Amgen.

This five-year project will create digital resources to help older adults assess their risk of falls and develop a plan to mitigate that risk by speaking with their healthcare provider and caregiver. It will also include a communications campaign to educate and provide key tools for caregivers to help them talk to their loved ones about their risk for falls and ways to prevent falls and fall-related injuries.

Sign up for news and email updates about this program at CDC.gov/falls.
 


Why Fall Prevention Matters

 

Debra Howry, CDC Injury

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – “Every second of every day an older adult falls in our country. We know that falls are preventable and are not an inevitable part of aging. The resources created through this partnership can help reduce falls, prevent injuries, and save lives.” – Debra Houry, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control


Darryl Sleep, Amgen

Amgen – “The CDC Foundation’s fall prevention initiative shines a spotlight on an important and preventable health risk for older adults. A broken bone resulting from a fall can be a life-altering event. For people with osteoporosis whose bones may be weak and more likely to fracture, it is especially important to take the proper steps to prevent a fall. Supporting this program reinforces our commitment to care that helps to predict and prevent the impact of serious diseases, like broken bones due to osteoporosis, before they happen.” – Darryl Sleep, MD, Senior Vice President of Global Medical and Chief Medical Officer


Dr. Judy Monroe

CDC Foundation – “Falls are responsible for far too many injuries in this country, but they are preventable. We’re pleased to partner with Amgen on this important issue to provide key resources and information to our aging community and those who care for them. With screening, assessing and intervening, we can reduce the risk of falls and improve health.” – Judy Monroe, MD, President and CEO


OUR PARTNERS

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older adults
United States of America
To prevent and protect older adults from sustaining falls and fall-related injuries by developing and implementing a risk factor prevention program.
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Improving Linkages to Address Opioid Use Disorder among Pregnant and Postpartum Women

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Improving Linkages to Address Opioid Use Disorder among Pregnant and Postpartum Women
United States of America
To improve data quality to better capture, analyze and prevent pregnancy-related opioid use and pregnancy-associated overdose deaths.
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Capacity Building for Public Health Analysts in the Overdose Response Strategy

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injury prevention
United States of America
To build the capacity of 11 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) programs through sourcing, hiring, training and providing technical assistance to public health analysts and public health practice coordinators to aid in local response activities.

Warrior Built: Strengthening the Eco-System for Veteran Suicide Prevention

In July 2021, the CDC Foundation and CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control worked with DC Design, a social impact and design strategy firm, to host public, federal and private partners at the Warrior Built: Strengthening the Eco-System for Veteran Suicide Prevention convening. This was the first convening of its kind focusing on the collaborative impact with state health departments. The convening was designed to: 

  • increase linkages between state/local public health partners, community-based veteran-serving organizations and private sector partners;
  • to catalyze state and community action; and 
  • to activate public-private partnerships that help fill gaps and create more opportunity around an upstream approach to veteran suicide prevention. 

As part of this initiative, the CDC Foundation utilized a human-centered design approach to identify partner needs and potential opportunities for collaboration to help advance the upstream approach to veteran suicide prevention. 

From the convening, persona profiles and stakeholder priority documents were created to highlight the gaps between partners and the individual needs of each group. These resources are provided for partners to share with other organizations working in the field.

The CDC Foundation continues to work on building resources and tools to share with the veteran and military community to enhance communication, increase partnership, and support partners as they work together to implement upstream veteran suicide prevention programming. This webpage will be updated as new resources are developed. 

 

Blog from November 2021: Building Better Relationships to Serve Veterans

Disparities in Suicide: 

  • Veterans have an adjusted suicide rate that is 52.3% greater than the non-veteran US adult population. 
  • People who have previously served in the military account for about 13.7% of suicides among adults in the United States. 
  • In 2019, 1.6% of former active-duty service members aged 18-25 years reported making a suicide attempt during the previous 12 months. This was an increase from 0.9% in 2009.

This webpage is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $140,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

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Warrior Built: Strengthening the Eco-System for Veteran Suicide Prevention
United States of America
To build capacity of community-based organizations serving U.S. military veterans to help prevent suicide among veterans by exploring gaps and opportunities around an upstream approach to veteran suicide prevention.
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Global Road Safety Clearinghouse and Evaluation Lab

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Global Road Safety Clearinghouse and Evaluation Lab
Mexico
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To launch an information clearinghouse and evaluation lab for global road safety partners and champions interested in evaluating their programs and/or identifying evidence based practices for implementation in the field.
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