Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
February 2021 Featured Resources
Supporting Indigenous Victims of Violence Expert Q&A Webinar
February 2020 Featured Resources
Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
More than two-thirds of youths (ages 12–18) who were in a relationship or had been in one in the past year reported that they had been victimized (69 percent) or perpetrated relationship abuse (63 percent), according to 2013–2014 data from the National Survey of Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence. This same National Institute of Justice funded survey...
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) was developed on the premise that exposure to the traumatic experiences of other people—known as vicarious trauma—is an inevitable occupational challenge for the fields of victim services, emergency medical services, fire services, law enforcement, and other allied professionals; however, organizations can mitigate the potentially negative effects of trauma exposure by becoming vicarious trauma-informed.
CDC Toolkit Helps Communities Teach Youth About Healthy Relationships
Building a Community of Practice to Enhance Access and Shift Attitudes toward Working with Individuals with Mental Health Disabilities and/or Traumatic Brain Injuries
Nation's Two Measures of Homicide
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Dating Matters Initiative
Dating Matters is an initiative to help adolescents form healthy relationships to prevent dating abuse before it starts. This national effort is designed to motivate adolescents to challenge harmful beliefs about dating abuse and take steps to form respectful relationships.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey provides data on sexual assault, physical violence, and stalking by an intimate partner in the United States. The survey also includes the rates of health and mental health problems associated with victimization.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the lead Federal agency for developing and applying disease prevention and control. The agency promotes educational activities designed to improve environmental and personal health nationwide.