Violence Prevention and Intervention

The MMS and its Committee on Violence Intervention and Prevention educates physicians and others in violence intervention and prevention. 

Youth Violence Prevention Resources

Violence is a leading cause of injury, death, and disability for American children. Physicians and other professionals have a role in violence prevention.

• Recognizing and Preventing Youth Violence: A Guidebook for Physicians
• Youth Violence PowerPoint Presentation
  For those interested in presenting information on youth violence prevention to colleagues and other appropriate audiences, complete with lecture notes. (.ppt, 3.8 MB, 80 slides)
  
• Bullies and Victims: Can You Tell the Difference?
  Audio recording and PowerPoint slides from the January 25, 2012 Webinar

Tools for Parents

Information for parents of children, from toddlers through teens, to protect them from violence. All of these brochures are in PDF format. 

• Raise Your Child With Praise: Tips for Parents with Two- to Five-Year-Olds  (.pdf, 8 pages)
  
• Time Out! A Time for Quiet and Calm; A Break From Negative Behavior (.pdf, 8 pages)
  
• Pulling the Plug on Media Violence: :Facts and Tips for Parents (.pdf, 4 pages)
  
• When Children Witness Violence in the Home: Helping Children Cope (.pdf, 8 pages)
  
• Bullying Prevention:When Your Child is the Victim, the Bully or the Bystander (.pdf, 12 pages)
  
• Street Violence: Your Child Has Been Hurt - What You Can Do (.pdf 8 pages)
  
• Some Myths & Facts About Violence (.pdf, 8 pages)
  
• Dating Violence: What Parents Need to Know (.pdf, 8 pages)
  
• Protecting Your Child From Sexual Abuse (.pdf, 12 pages)
  
• Protecting Your Child From Gun Injury (.pdf, 8 pages)
  

Partner Violence Resources

Basic information about partner violence, recognizing varied clinical presentations of violence, and referral to identify, counsel, and offer options to at-risk patients.

• Intimate Partner Violence: The Clinician's Guide to Identification, Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention (.pdf, 48 pages)
• RADAR card (.pdf)
  Pocket resource for physicians
• Map of Domestic Shelters in Massachusetts (.pdf)
• Domestic Violence Poster (.pdf)