The Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World is the summary of a workshop convened in January 2013 by the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Global Violence Prevention to explore value and application of the evidence for violence prevention across the lifespan and around the world. As part of the Forum's mandate is to engage in multisectoral, multidirectional dialogue that explores crosscutting approaches to violence prevention, this workshop examined how existing evidence for violence prevention can continue to be expanded, disseminated, and implemented in ways that further the ultimate aims of improved individual well-being and safer communities. This report examines violence prevention interventions that have been proven to reduce different types of violence (e.g., child and elder abuse, intimate partner and sexual violence, youth and collective violence, and self-directed violence), identifies the common approaches most lacking in evidentiary support, and discusses ways that proven effective interventions can be integrated or otherwise linked with other prevention programs.

Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR WORKSHOP ON THE EVIDENCE FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN AND AROUND THE WORLD
• FORUM ON GLOBAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION
• Reviewers
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
  • CONTEXT
  • DEFINITIONS
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
  • REFERENCES
• I. Workshop Overview
  • 2. The Need for Evidence
    • WHAT IS EVIDENCE
    • WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM EVIDENCE
    • WHY DO WE NEED EVIDENCE
    • REFERENCES
  • 3. Generating and Integrating Evidence
    • BARRIERS TO EVIDENCE COLLECTION
    • DESIGNING METHODOLOGIES
    • INTEGRATING EVIDENCE
    • REFERENCES
  • 4. Disseminating Evidence
    • DISSEMINATION TO THE PUBLIC
    • DISSEMINATION TO POLICY MAKERS
    • DISSEMINATION TO PRACTITIONERS
    • DISSEMINATION BY PRACTITIONERS
  • 5. Translating Evidence into Effective Action
    • APPLYING EVIDENCE TO PROGRAM DESIGN
    • IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS
    • IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS ACROSS COUNTRIES
    • PROVIDING HOPE
    • REFERENCES
• II. Papers and Commentary from Speakers
  • II.1. IMPLEMENTATION AND SCALING VIOLENCE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS
    • Applied Implementation Science
    • Conclusion
  • II.2. THE FEDERAL ROLE IN PROMOTING EVIDENCE-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION PRACTICES
    • Integrating Evidence
    • Preventing and Treating Violence Among Youth
    • Changing Policy
    • Moving Ahead
  • II.3. EVIDENCE FOR GLOBAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION DURING ADOLESCENCE AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD
    • Evidence Base for Violence Prevention During Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
    • Gaps and Future Directions in Building an Evidence Base for Global Youth Violence Prevention
    • Summary and Conclusions
  • II.4. CAN INTERVENTIONS REDUCE RECIDIVISM AND REVICTIMIZATION FOLLOWING ADULT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE INCIDENTS
    • Introduction
    • What Are the Recent Trends and Patterns of IPV
    • What Impacts Have IPV-Focused Interventions Had on IPV
    • Conclusion
  • II.5. INTEGRATING EVIDENCE ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION: AN INTRODUCTION
    • Systematic Reviews
    • Evidence-Based Registries
    • Conclusion
  • II.6. MAKING AND USING LISTS OF EMPIRICALLY TESTED PROGRAMS: VALUE FOR VIOLENCE INTERVENTIONS FOR PROGRESS AND IMPACT
    • The Value of List Making
    • What Standards to Use
    • The Great Advantage of Random Assignment Trials for Determining Evaluation Effects
    • Random Assignment Design Does Not Ensure a Random Assignment Evaluation
    • Features Other Than Collapse of Random Assignment Can Render an Evaluation Unusable
    • Tough Standards
    • Scientifically Determined Standards for Determination of Grouping into Levels of Empirical Basis
    • Limits of List Making with Scientific Standards
    • Ongoing Issues for Blueprints and Other List Approaches
    • Program Lists and Moving Forward in Violence Intervention
  • REFERENCES
• Appendixes
  • Appendix A Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix B Speaker Biographical Sketches

Rapporteurs: Leigh Carroll, Megan M. Perez, and Rachel M. Taylor.

This workshop summary was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and Anheuser-Busch InBev; the Avon Foundation for Women; BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company); Catholic Health Initiatives; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Department of Health and Human Services: Administration on Aging, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Office on Women's Health; the Department of Justice: National Institute of Justice; Eli Lilly and Company; the F. Felix Foundation; the Fetzer Institute; the Foundation to Promote Open Society; the Joyce Foundation; John E. Fogarty International Center; Kaiser Permanente; the National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Research on Women's Health; and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The views presented in this summary do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity.

Suggested citation:

IOM (Institute of Medicine) and NRC (National Research Council). 2014. The evidence for violence prevention across the lifespan and around the world: Workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

NOTICE: The workshop that is the subject of this workshop summary was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.