Note: For overviews of or key pieces on the effectiveness of violence prevention, please see the section titled “Key assessments and overviews of violence prevention practice”.
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Chamberlain, Linda. (2008). A Prevention Primer for Domestic Violence: Terminology, Tools, and the Public Health Approach. VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (March).
Cohen, L., and S. Chehimi. (2007). The imperative for primary prevention. In L. Cohen, V. Chavez & Sana Chehimi (Eds.) Prevention is Primary. Strategies for Community Well-being. (pp. 3-23). San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons.
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Kelly, Liz, (2005). Promising Practices Addressing Sexual Violence. Expert Group Meeting, Violence Against Women: Good practices in combating and eliminating violence against women, UN Division for the Advancement of Women and UN Office on Drugs and Crime, 17-20 May, Vienna, Austria.
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Prothrow-Stith, Deborah, and Rachel A. Davis. (2007). A Public Health Approach to Preventing Violence. In L. Cohen, V. Chavez & Sana Chehimi (Eds.) Prevention is Primary. Strategies for Community Well-being. (323-350). San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons.
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