CDC works to prevent violence by understanding the factors that influence violence.
The public health approach is a four-step process that can be applied to prevent violence.
Learn about CDC's funded research, programs, and opportunities geared toward preventing violence.
Explore tools, trainings, and resources to prevent violence and protect communities.
Violence Topics
Overview of adverse childhood experiences, the latest data, and CDC's approach to prevention.
- Overview of child abuse and neglect, the latest data, outcomes, and CDC's approach to prevention.
- This page defines community violence, the scope of the problem, and what CDC is doing to prevent it.
- Overview of firearm injury and death definitions and CDC's approach to prevention.
- Overview of intimate partner violence, the latest data, outcomes, and CDC's approach to prevention.
- This page defines sexual violence, presents the latest data, and describes associated outcomes.
- This page defines youth violence, presents the latest data, and describes associated outcomes.
- Explore elder abuse definitions, the latest data, and prevention strategies.
- This page describes the Violence Against Children and Youth surveys and provides the latest data.
- Learn more about this survey that collects the most current data on these types of violence.
- Learn more about the collection of violent death data including homicides and suicides.
Featured Resources
Explore strategies and approaches to help states and communities prevent violence and suicide.
Free online resources for parents with teens, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Learn more about understanding where violence is happening and creating collaborative solutions.