Public Health

The Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention
Step 1: Define and Monitor the Problem

Step 2: Identify Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies

Step 3: Develop and Test Prevention Strategies

Step 4: Assure Widespread Adoption
U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 

Violent crime is like infectious disease – and we know how to stop it spreading
Jul 24, 2018 | Samira Shackle | mosaic science

The Briefing: Violent crime as an epidemic and the public health approach to violence prevention
Jul 24, 2018 | mosaic science
A lot of research goes into creating our stories.  Here are some of the resources we used to put together our story on the effectiveness of treating violence as a public health issue.  

The role of public health in the prevention of violence 
A statement from the UK Faculty of Public Health 

Cure Violence Global
Violence is like an epidemic disease…and it can be effectively prevented using health methods. Cure Violence stops the spread of violence by using the methods associated with disease control.

Lifetime discrimination tied to higher hypertension risk among Black adults
February 28, 2021 By Kate Burba

Racial discrimination accelerates telomere shortening, study finds
January 14, 2020 by Amy Weaver, Auburn University at Montgomery

Children who experience racial discrimination show higher risk markers for later cardiometabolic disease
March 17, 2020 by Australian National University 

Discrimination increases hypertension risk among African American adults
July 1, 2020 By Darlene Dobkowski, MA 

Black teens who experience daily racial discrimination show depressive symptoms, study finds
December 30, 2019 by Bethany Ao  

Black teens face racial discrimination multiple times daily, suffer depressive symptoms as a result
December 16, 2019 by Patti Verbanas, Rutgers University

Study finds early life racial discrimination linked to depression, accelerated aging for African Americans
September 30, 2019 by Anna Varela, Georgia State University

Racism a factor in asthma control for young African-American children
September 17, 2019 by American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

Repeated experiences of racism most damaging to mental health
July 27, 2016 by University of Manchester

Why your doctor should care about social justice
In Zimbabwe in the 1980s, Mary Bassett witnessed the AIDS epidemic firsthand, and she helped set up a clinic to treat and educate local people about the deadly virus. But looking back, she regrets not sounding the alarm for the real problem: the structural inequities embedded in the world's political and economic organizations, inequities that make marginalized people more vulnerable. These same structural problems exist in the United States today, and as New York City's Health Commissioner, Bassett is using every chance she has to rally support for health equity and speak out against racism. "We don't have to have all the answers to call for change," she says. "We just need courage."
TEDMED TED Talk Nov 2015 (13:39)

Racism may accelerate aging in African-American men
January 7 2014 by University of Maryland

Claims of 'post-racial' society and other denials of racism may reflect ignorance of history
January 15, 2013 by Association for Psychological Science

Experiences of racism linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women
August 15, 2013 by Boston University Medical Center

Racial discrimination lessens benefits of higher socio-economic status (w/ Video)
June 4, 2012 By Jessica Martin, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Hiding emotions may exacerbate depression among black men who confront racial discrimination
March 14, 2012 by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research suggests female minorities are more affected by racism than sexism
July 11, 2011 by University of Toronto

Whites believe they are victims of racism more often than blacks
May 23, 2011 by Tufts University

Black men at both ends of economic spectrum at risk for depression
March 9, 2011 By Sarah Jorgenson, Health Behavior News Service

Ignoring racism makes distress worse, study finds
April 6, 2010 by Elaine Bible, San Francisco State University

Study reveals surprisingly high tolerance for racism
January 8, 2009 Yale University 

Racial discrimination has different mental health effects on Asians, study shows
May 8, 2008 American Psychological Association

World report on violence and health (2002)

Racism and Mental Health
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are the target of prejudice, systemic discrimination, microaggressions, and physical acts of violence due to the color of their skin. Experiences of racism not only cause distress in the moment but can also lead to mental health issues that become more severe with each experience.
Oct 5, 2020 | Psych Hub | Youtube video | (4:09)

Cure Violence Global
Guiding Community-Based Public Safety Solutions

Denormalizing Violence: A Series of Reports From the John Jay College Evaluation of Cure Violence Programs in New York City
THE EFFECTS OF CURE VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH BRONX AND EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN October 2017