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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a long history of supporting research to enhance the scientific understanding of and effective interventions for a range of problems associated with children’s exposure to violence. Recently, funded research has improved our understanding of the nature and consequences of children’s exposure to violence. This article describes an NIH initiative for research on children’s exposure to violence, examples of projects supported by the initiative, and emerging research topics for this important scientific area.
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This meeting was jointly sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Fogarty International Center, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the NIH, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute of Justice in the Department of Justice, and the Office of Special Education Programs in the Department of Education.
The meeting agenda and summary can be found at http://www.womenshealth.gov/violence/programs/dvam.cfm.
The program announcement, Research on Teen Dating Violence (R01), is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-169.html. The companion announcement for exploratory/developmental research projects (R21) is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-170.html.
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Price, L.N., Maholmes, V. Understanding the Nature and Consequences of Children’s Exposure to Violence: Research Perspectives. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 12, 65–70 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-009-0057-0
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