• Theory & Research
  • Overview
  • International/Global
  • Community Mobilization
  • Involving & Working with Men
  • Involving & Working with Youth
• Practice
  • Approaches & Blueprints
  • Specific Programs in Practice
• Evaluation

Overview

• Prevention: Ending Violence Through Social Change PDF (12 p.) by Missouri Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence (April 2009)
  This issue of "The Basics" offers and overview of the basic principles and theories of violence against women prevention, highlighting successful prevention activities and model programs, policies, and social marketing efforts. [More Info]

• Battered Women’s Protective Strategies PDF (14 p.) HTML by Sherry Hamby with contributions from Andrea Bible, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (July 2009)
  This Applied Research paper adopts a holistic approach to understand battered women’s protective strategies, reviewing a wide range of strategies used by women to cope with numerous threats posed by battering, not just the threat of bodily harm. [More Info]

• Moving Upstream: Volume 5, Issue 1 PDF (8 p.) by Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance (Spring/Summer 2009)
  This issue addresses the use of deliberate rationales to drive primary prevention efforts. [More Info]

• Orientation to Violence Prevention & Scope of the Problem HTM by PREVENT
  This is a series of short, self-directed online learning modules offering an introduction to violence prevention. Each module includes several slideshow presentations with audio. A printable outline (slides and script), and a glossary are available. [More Info]

• Assessment for Lifetime Exposure to Violence as a Pathway to Prevention PDF (12 p.) HTML by Linda Chamberlain with contributions from Peggy Brown, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (February 2006)
  This document provides a brief overview of the research on lifetime exposure to violence and the long-term health consequences of violence. It also examines how assessment for lifetime exposure to violence can create a pathway to prevention. [More Info]

• Emerging Strategies in the Prevention of Domestic Violence PDF (12 p.) by David A. Wolfe & Peter G. Jaffe, The Future of Children (Winter 1999)
  Describes theoretical frameworks, including 2 public health models, to inform the future development of domestic violence prevention strategies. Provides examples of innovative strategies across the country and discusses results from evaluations. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Evolution of Theories of Violence HTML (8 p.) by Stop Violence Against Women (September 2003)
  This article guides the reader through the evolution of theories used to explain violence against women since the beginning of the battered women's movement in the United States in the early 1970s. [More Info]

• Poised for Prevention: Advancing Promising Approaches to Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence PDF (38 p.) by Lisa Fujie Parks, Larry Cohen, and Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, Prevention Institute (January 2007)
  Includes a discussion of primary prevention of IPV, promising approaches to environmental/norms change, an examination of IPV primary prevention within immigrant communities, recommended actions to building momentum, and immediate next steps. [P] [More Info]

• Prevention Connection Web Conferences HTML by Prevention Connection, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  Prevention Connection hosts web conferences and web dialogues on topics related to prevention of violence against women. Materials from the web conferences are available here, including readings, PPT slides, transcripts, and recordings. [More Info]

• Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault PDF (9 p.) HTML by David A. Wolfe and Peter G. Jaffe, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (January 2003)
  "As public recognition of domestic violence and sexual assault has reached increasing heights, there has been an outcry for more effective prevention programs." This paper looks at these prevention programs. [More Info]

• A Prevention Primer for Domestic Violence: Terminology, Tools, and the Public Health Approach PDF (10 p.) HTML by Linda Chamberlain, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (March 2008)
  This document provides an introduction to basic prevention concepts by exploring the public health approach, two classification systems, a planning tool used to develop more comprehensive initiatives, and the importance of understanding terminology. [More Info]

• Primary Prevention and Adult Domestic Violence PDF (17 p.) by Jeffrey L. Edleson, Family Violence Prevention Fund (February 2000)
  Examines the available research and practice literature on frameworks for understanding domestic violence, risk and protective factors for adult domestic violence, and the few efforts geared toward primary prevention in this domain. [P] [More Info]

• Stopping the Violence Against Women: The Movement from Intervention to Prevention PDF (27 p.) by Ms. Foundation for Women (2005)
  This article includes recommendations and strategies to strengthen anti-violence prevention initiatives. It identifies tasks for developing new strategies to turn from intervention to prevention that assure women's basic needs for safety are met. [More Info]

• Through a Public Health Lens. Preventing Violence against Women: An Update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PDF (8 p.) by Corinne M. Graffunder, Rita K. Noonan, Pamela Cox, & Jocelyn Wheaton, Journal of Womens Health (2004)
  Explains how 4 core public health principles - emphasizing primary prevention, advancing the science of prevention, translating science into effective programs, & building on the efforts of others - drive current programmatic activities in prevention. [P] [More Info]

• Violence Against Women: Identifying Risk Factors PDF (16 p.) by National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (November 2004)
  Addresses whether sexual and physical abuse in childhood and adolescence are risk factors for becoming a victim of violence against women as an adult. Provides useful information for the application of secondary prevention initiatives. [S] [More Info]

• Violence Against Women Prevention Programming: Report of What Is in Use PDF (33 p.) by National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center (2003)
  Describes the results of a survey, conducted in 2001, which sought to gather information on the extent to which violence against women (VAW) agencies provide prevention programs, and to describe the nature and types of programs currently implemented. [More Info]

• A Vision for Prevention: Key Issues and Statewide Recommendations for the Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women in Michigan PDF (53 p.) by Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (2003)
  This statewide report provides recommendations for the primary prevention of violence against women in Michigan. Funding was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administered by the Michigan Department of Community Health. [P] [More Info]

• Understanding and Preventing Violence TXT by Jeffrey A. Roth, National Institute of Justice (November 1994)
  Discusses the findings of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior, established to review the current status of research in violence. [More Info]

International/Global

• Preventing violence and reducing its impact: how development agencies can help PDF (60 p.) by World Health Organization (July 2007)
  Targeted towards development assistance agencies, United Nations organizations, governments and nongovernmental organizations, the document highlights how the health, psycho-social, and economic consequences of violence impede development. [More Info]

• Preventing violence: a guide to implementing the recommendations of the World report on violence and health PDF (92 p.) by World Health Organization (WHO) (2004)
  WHO recommendations for increasing data collection capacity, researching violence, promoting primary prevention, promoting gender and social equality, strengthening care and support services for victims, and developing a national action plan of action. [More Info]

• Third Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Report 2007: Scaling Up PDF (32 p.) by World Health Organization (WHO) (2007)
  Reviews progress that has been made in violence prevention since October 2002 and sets out what the World Health Organization and its partners can do over the next 5 years to expand programming and to demonstrate the impact of violence prevention. [More Info]

Community Mobilization

• Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence PDF (46 p.) by Ann Russo & Melissa Spatz, Women & Girls Collective Action Network (CAN) (December 2007)
  This report highlights a growing movement in Chicago of community-based initiatives seeking to resist violence against women, create community accountability for its perpetration, and develop strategies to end the oppressive systems that support it. [More Info]

• Approaching old problems in new ways: community mobilisation as a primary prevention strategy to combat violence against women PDF (15 p.) by Lori Michau, Gender & Development (March 2007)
  Lessons learned from the Uganda-based NGO, Raising Voices, to explore and experiment with community-based primary prevention methodologies that seek to shift attitudes and behaviors that perpetuate VAW. [More Info]

• Mobilizing Family, Friends & Neighbors to Prevent Domestic Violence PDF (39 p.) by Close to Home Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative (2003)
  This report captures input and perspectives of participants over the course of a 5-day online conference hosted by Close to Home. Information is organized within four key themes. [More Info]

• Two steps forward, one step back: Community attitudes to violence against women PDF (80 p.) by Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) (2006)
  Summarizes key findings of the Violence Against Women Community Attitudes Project, undertaken to inform future work to prevent violence against women by improving understanding of how community attitudes contribute to this problem. [More Info]

Involving & Working with Men

• Engaging Men and Boys in Changing Gender-Based Inequity in Health: Evidence from Programme Interventions PDF (76 p.) by Gary Barker, Christine Ricardo, & Marcos Nascimento, World Health Organization (2007)
  This review assesses the effectiveness of programmes seeking to engage men and boys in achieving gender equality and equity in health. [More Info]

• Toolkit for Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-Based Violence HTML by Family Violence Prevention Fund (2007)
  This web site is a comprehensive tool kit designed to help you work with men and boys to prevent gender-based violence. [More Info]

• Working with Men and Boys to End Domestic Violence PDF (24 p.) by Julia Perilla, National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (Alianza)
  This position paper on working with men and boys delineates the principles with Alianza approaches this task, based on the belief that the eradication of domestic violence requires the ongoing and committed participation of both Latinas and Latinos. [More Info]

• What Men & Boys Can Do HTML by Family Violence Prevention Fund
  Expanding the number of men and boys who take on action-oriented roles is one of the keys to ending gender-based violence. This section outlines four roles than men can take, including "taking action as a bystander." [More Info]

• Changing Men: Best Practice in Violence Prevention Work With Men PDF (12 p.) by Michael Flood (2004)
  This article focuses on the need to include men in efforts to end violence against women. The author provides information on educational strategies that are primary prevention focused, best practices, and information on the importance of evaluation. [More Info]

• Engaging Men: Strategies and Dilemmas in Violence Prevention Education Among Men PDF (8 p.) by Dr. Michael Flood, Women Against Violence Journal (2002)
  This paper outlines recent Australian community education campaigns directed at men and the dilemmas with which they deal. It then identifies five key challenges in such work. [More Info]

• The Social Norms Approach to Violence Prevention PDF (5 p.) by Alan D. Berkowitz, Family Violence Prevention Fund (2003)
  Describes an approach that seeks to engage men as allies by creating campaign messages that validate men's hidden feelings and beliefs in order to foster an environment where speaking out against violence against women is socially acceptable. [P] [More Info]

• Working with Men to Prevent Violence Against Women: An Overview (Part One) PDF (8 p.) HTML by Alan Berkowitz, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (October 2004)
  This document provides an overview of current efforts involving men in the prevention of violence against women. This document discusses men role in prevention, what is effective, and cultural issues and considerations in working with men. [More Info]

• Young Men as Allies in Preventing Violence and Abuse: Building Effective Partnerships with Schools PDF (13 p.) by Alan Berkowitz, Peter Jaffe, Dean Peacock, Barri Rosenbluth & Carole Sousa, Family Violence Prevention Fund (2003)
  The focus of this paper is on the ways schools can play a critical role in involving young men in 'constructing a healthier world for women and men, a world free of violence and founded on principles of equity and compassion.' [More Info]

Involving & Working with Youth
* See the Special Collection: Working with Children Towards a Healthy & Non-Violent Future.

• The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan PDF (18 p.) by Jennifer S. Middlebrooks, MSW, MPH and Natalie C. Audage, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2008)
  This document summarizes the available research on childhood stress and its long-term consequences. Of particular interest is the stress caused by child abuse, neglect, and repeated exposure to intimate partner violence. [More Info]

• Creating Schoolwide Prevention and Intervention Strategies PDF (55 p.) by Jeffrey Sprague, Ph.D., Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior, University of Oregon, The Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence & Northwest Regional Educational Lab (Revised September 2007)
  This guide is intended to put the issue of schoolwide violence prevention in context for educators and outline an approach for choosing and creating effective prevention programs. [More Info]

• Respectful Relationships Education: Violence prevention and respectful relationships education in Victorian secondary schools PDF (89 p.) by Michael Flood, Lara Fergus and Melanie Heenan, State of Victoria Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (November 2009)
  The purpose of this report is to identify and explore best practice in violence prevention, intervention and respectful relationships education in schools in Victoria and elsewhere. [More Info]

• Runaway and Homeless Youth and Relationship Violence Toolkit HTML by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, in collaboration with the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program of HHS (February 2010)
  This toolkit was developed by and for advocates in the runaway and homeless youth and dv/sa fields to help programs create partnerships, meaningful services, and effective intervention and prevention strategies for working with youth at risk. [More Info]

• Prevention/Promotion Program Theory PDF (7 p.) by Peer Solutions (May 2004)
  This document describes the theories that drive Peer Solutions' teen interpersonal violence prevention program, Demonstrating Respect as the Norm, which strives to unite elementary through post-secondary schools, families and communities. [P] [More Info]

• Teen Dating Violence: A Review of Risk Factors and Prevention Efforts PDF (15 p.) HTML by Maura O'Keefe, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (April 2005)
  Provides a critical review of the dating violence literature with respect to potential risk factors for both perpetrators and victims and examines the empirical research regarding the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programs targeting teens. [More Info]

• Young Men as Allies in Preventing Violence and Abuse: Building Effective Partnerships with Schools PDF (13 p.) by Alan Berkowitz, Peter Jaffe, Dean Peacock, Barri Rosenbluth & Carole Sousa, Family Violence Prevention Fund (2003)
  The focus of this paper is on the ways schools can play a critical role in involving young men in 'constructing a healthier world for women and men, a world free of violence and founded on principles of equity and compassion.' [More Info]

Approaches & Blueprints

• Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence & Intimate Partner Violence PDF (76 p.) by Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance (2009)
  This manual, a technical assistance tool in developing primary prevention initiatives at local sexual and domestic violence agencies, was intended to serve as an organizing philosophy rather than an irrefutable prescription for prevention work. [More Info]

• Reducing Inequities in Health and Safety through Prevention PDF (16 p.) by Prevention Institute & The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (January 23, 2009)
  This memo offers a suggested strategy for developing a comprehensive, prevention-oriented approach to health equity, starting with the highest levels of the federal government and continuing to states and communities. [More Info]

• Primary prevention of intimate-partner violence and sexual violence: Background paper for WHO expert meeting May 2–3, 2007 PDF (38 p.) by A. Harvey, C. Garcia-Moreno and A. Butchart, World Health Organization (2008)
  The paper explores what can be done to prevent violence against adolescent and adult women that occurs within intimate relationships, and sexual violence that occurs outside intimate relationships. [More Info]

• Environmental Strategies for Prevention: A Guide to Helping the Prevention Professional Work Effectively in the Community HTM (21 p.) by Prevention Pathways, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) (March 2005)
  This course is designed to introduce prevention professionals and concerned citizens to the basic principles of environmental strategies of prevention work, and to help them learn how to apply these approaches in their own communities. [More Info]

• Before It Occurs: Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse PDF (11 p.) by L. Cohen, R. Davis and C. Graffunder (2006)
  This document discusses various levels of prevention and focuses on primary prevention polices for intimate partner violence. It also explores health care professional’s role in primary prevention of intimate partner violence. [More Info]

• Blueprints for Violence Prevention PDF (182 p.) by Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (July 2004)
  This report describes 11 model programs and 21 promising programs that demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in delinquency, violence, and substance abuse prevention and reduction. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Creating Safe Environments: Violence Prevention Strategies and Programs PDF (46 p.) by Patti Culross, Larry Cohen, Ashby Wolfe, Joanne Ruby, Prevention Institute (June 2006)
  Providing a useful overview of the current state of violence prevention in the US, this report discusses approaches to violence prevention with a focus on youth violence and intimate partner violence prevention. [P/S] [More Info]

• Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) HTM (3 p.) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
  Describes the history, purpose, concepts, and activities related to the CDC's DELTA Program, funding state domestic violence coalitions to build IPV prevention capacity within their organization, state, and local communities. [More Info]

• Emerging Strategies in the Prevention of Domestic Violence PDF (12 p.) by David A. Wolfe & Peter G. Jaffe, The Future of Children (Winter 1999)
  Describes theoretical frameworks, including 2 public health models, to inform the future development of domestic violence prevention strategies. Provides examples of innovative strategies across the country and discusses results from evaluations. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) Communities and Domestic Violence: Information and Resources - Intervention/Prevention Services PDF (10 p.) by Mary Allen, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) (2007)
  LGBT people’s relationships often exist in an atmosphere of secrecy and isolation due to heterosexism, homophobia and other oppressive belief systems. This packet explores how this impacts domestic violence service design and access. [More Info]

• A Lifetime Commitment to Violence Prevention: The Alameda County Blueprint PDF (57 p.) by Prevention Institute (July 2005)
  This Blueprint is a framework to identify the range of roles and partnerships in which stakeholders can engage and activities that will prevent violence in all its forms, including intimate partner violence and sexual assault. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Promoting Prevention, Targeting Teens: An Emerging Agenda to Reduce Domestic Violence PDF (40 p.) by Ann Rosewater, Family Violence Prevention Fund (2003)
  Provides an analysis of domestic violence prevention efforts and presents recommendations for promising approaches. Strategies to close gaps in efforts to effectively prevent IPV in the lives of adolescents and young adults are identified. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Snapshots: A Picture of California’s Domestic Violence Prevention Services for Underserved Communities DOC (87 p.) by Transforming Communities: Technical Assistance, Training & Resource Center (TC-TAT)
  Highlights 65 innovative domestic violence prevention programs for unserved and underserved communities. Shares observations to spawn dialogue and provide insight into the development of best practices for culturally relevant prevention services. [P/T] [More Info]

• Successful Program Implementation: Lessons From Blueprints PDF (12 p.) by Sharon Mihalic, Abigail Fagan, Katherine Irwin, Diane Ballard, and Delbert Elliott, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2004)
  This bulletin presents findings from a process evaluation of exemplary violence prevention and drug prevention programs that have been evaluated in rigorous, controlled trials. Critical components of program implementation are identified. [More Info]

• Through a Public Health Lens. Preventing Violence against Women: An Update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PDF (8 p.) by Corinne M. Graffunder, Rita K. Noonan, Pamela Cox, & Jocelyn Wheaton, Journal of Womens Health (2004)
  Explains how 4 core public health principles - emphasizing primary prevention, advancing the science of prevention, translating science into effective programs, & building on the efforts of others - drive current programmatic activities in prevention. [P] [More Info]

• Violence Against Women Prevention Programming: Report of What Is in Use PDF (33 p.) by National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center (2003)
  Describes the results of a survey, conducted in 2001, which sought to gather information on the extent to which violence against women (VAW) agencies provide prevention programs, and to describe the nature and types of programs currently implemented. [More Info]

• Working with Men to Prevent Violence Against Women: Program Modalities and Formats (Part Two) PDF (7 p.) HTML by Alan Berkowitz, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (October 2004)
  This document discusses best practices in prevention, provides an overview of different program modalities and formats, and reviews program philosophies that can be used in working with men to prevent violence against women. [More Info]

Specific Programs in Practice

• Expect Respect Program Overview: A School-Based Program for Preventing Teen Dating Violence and Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships PDF (32 p.) by Barbara Ball and Barri Rosenbluth, SafePlace (2008)
  This document reviews this nationally recognized, school-based program for preventing teen dating violence and promoting safe and healthy relationships in middle and high school. [More Info]

• The DELTA Program: At A Glance PDF (4 p.) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2008)
  Describes the authorizing legislation for the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Program, provides examples of prevention work from various states, and serves to raise awareness, interest, and support. [More Info]

• Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) HTM (3 p.) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
  Describes the history, purpose, concepts, and activities related to the CDC's DELTA Program, funding state domestic violence coalitions to build IPV prevention capacity within their organization, state, and local communities. [More Info]

• Expect Respect: A School-Based Program Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships PDF (85 p.) by Barri Rosenbluth, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (2002)
  This document examines the issues of dating violence, sexual harassment and bullying, their interrelationship, and offers a rationale for school-based programs. [P/S] [More Info]

• Expect Respect, SafePlace School-Based Services: Program Evaluation, 2004-2005 Academic Year PDF (18 p.) by SafePlace
  This report details evaluation results of the Expect Respect school-based prevention program. Provides summaries of pre- and post-tests, focus groups, year-end feedback forms, and comments from school personnel. [More Info]

• Kid&TeenSAFE: An Abuse Prevention Program for Youth with Disabilities PDF (65 p.) by Wendie H. Abramson and Iracema 'Cema' Mastroleo, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (2002)
  This publication details a project of SafePlace's Disability Services ASAP (A Safety Awareness Program) in Texas and provides its model program materials for use with youth with disabilities. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Making the Peace: An Approach to Preventing Relationship Violence Among Youth PDF (81 p.) by Allan Creighton, TODOS Institute/Oakland Men's Project, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (May 2000)
  Describes a comprehensive school-based project that provided training and technical assistance to 2 communities implementing comprehensive dating/domestic violence prevention campaigns in their secondary schools. [More Info]

• Men in the Movement to End Violence Against Women: Organizations and Programs HTML by National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) (Updated 2007)
  This collection highlights several pro-feminist organizations and programs for men working to end violence against women. It is one in a series of three special collections focusing on the domestic violence prevention and education efforts of men. [More Info]

• Prevention/Promotion Program Theory PDF (7 p.) by Peer Solutions (May 2004)
  This document describes the theories that drive Peer Solutions' teen interpersonal violence prevention program, Demonstrating Respect as the Norm, which strives to unite elementary through post-secondary schools, families and communities. [P] [More Info]

• Relationship Abuse Prevention Program (RAPP) PDF (2 p.) by Center Against Domestic Violence, Office of Domestic Violence and Emergency Intervention Services, Department of Social Services of the Human Resources Administration, City of New York (2005)
  This school-based domestic violence prevention curriculum teaches students to recognize and prevent teen relationship abuse. Lesson plans include a variety of exercises. Parent workshop information and school staff development materials are also included. [More Info]

• Transforming Communities: Creating Safety and Justice for Women and Girls PDF (57 p.) by Cathy Rath, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (1999)
  This paper describes the Novato Community Demonstration Project focusing on changing social belief systems; mobilizing Community Action Teams (CAT) to run activism campaigns; an organizer's role; projects implementation; and evaluation process. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• User's Guide: Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention Using a Cost-effectiveness Framework PDF (49 p.) by Lisa Hoffman, Transforming Communities: Technical Assistance, Training & Resource Center (2010)
  This direct application tool supplements the manual, "Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention Through the Lens of Cost-Benefit." It describes cost-benefit principles and offers hands-on tools to "make the case" for your prevention program. [More Info]

• Evaluation for Improvement: A Seven-step Empowerment Evaluation Approach for Violence Prevention Organizations PDF (104 p.) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (January 2010)
  This manual is designed to help violence prevention organizations hire an empowerment evaluator who will assist them in building their evaluation capacity through a learn-by-doing process of evaluating their own strategies. [More Info]

• Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth PDF (20 p.) by Steve Aos, Roxanne Lieb, Jim Mayfield, Marna Miller, and Annie Pennucci, Washington State Institute for Public Policy (September 2004)
  This report describes findings and analysis regarding the cost-effectiveness of research-based prevention and early intervention programs for youth with a demonstrated ability to achieve 7 outcomes including reduction in child abuse and domestic violence. [More Info]

• Changing Men: Best Practice in Violence Prevention Work With Men PDF (12 p.) by Michael Flood (2004)
  This article focuses on the need to include men in efforts to end violence against women. The author provides information on educational strategies that are primary prevention focused, best practices, and information on the importance of evaluation. [More Info]

• The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violent and Aggressive Behavior PDF (16 p.) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (August 2007)
  This report provides a summary of findings from a review of evidence concerning the effectiveness of universal school-based violence prevention programs. [More Info]

• Evaluation: Designs and Approaches PDF (5 p.) by National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention (August 2004)
  This resource provides information about outcome evaluation design and qualitative, quantitative, or mixed approaches. [More Info]

• Expect Respect, SafePlace School-Based Services: Program Evaluation, 2004-2005 Academic Year PDF (18 p.) by SafePlace
  This report details evaluation results of the Expect Respect school-based prevention program. Provides summaries of pre- and post-tests, focus groups, year-end feedback forms, and comments from school personnel. [More Info]

• The Fourth R Interim Evaluation Report PDF (13 p.) by David A. Wolfe, Claire Crooks, Debbie Chiodo, Ray Hughes & Peter Jaffe, The Fourth R: Relationship Based Violence Prevention (September 2005)
  This preliminary report describes the "Impact of a Comprehensive School-Based Prevention Program: Changes in Adolescents’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Related to Violence, Sexual Behaviour and Substance Use." [More Info]

• Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention Through the Lens of Cost-Benefit: A Manual for Domestic Violence Prevention Practitioners HTML (180 p.) DOC (180 p.) PDF (180 p.) by Angela Browne-Miller, Transforming Communities: Technical Assistance, Training and Resource Center (TC-TAT) (June 2006)
  Provides a step-by-step approach to understanding how cost-benefit thinking can be applied to domestic violence prevention. Each chapter offers an overview, definition and discussion of relevant terms, statistics and examples, and user-friendly worksheets [More Info]

• Successful Program Implementation: Lessons From Blueprints PDF (12 p.) by Sharon Mihalic, Abigail Fagan, Katherine Irwin, Diane Ballard, and Delbert Elliott, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2004)
  This bulletin presents findings from a process evaluation of exemplary violence prevention and drug prevention programs that have been evaluated in rigorous, controlled trials. Critical components of program implementation are identified. [More Info]