Multisector Resource Guide for Preventing Youth Violence in Latin America
- Youth violence has severe consequences across multiple sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Adolescents in the LAC region are five times more likely to be victims of homicide than youth in other regions.
- Youth violence directly affects education, health, and economic opportunity.
- Evidence-based interventions can effectively reduce youth violence in even the most violent areas.
- The education, health, and workforce sectors can play important roles in preventing youth violence.
This Multisector Resource Guide for Preventing Youth Violence in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Region contains three sector-specific briefs on youth violence prevention. The purpose of this guide is to help key stakeholders in the education, health, and workforce sectors understand the types of violence that affect youth in the LAC region and how youth violence affects each sector. The sector briefs illustrate integrated approaches—working across education, health, and workforce sectors—to reduce the effects of youth violence and offer evidence-based strategies to mitigate youth violence in these sectors. The sector briefs also offer guidance on measuring results and sustaining youth violence prevention efforts.
How to cite
United States Agency for International Development (USAID); American Institutes for Research (AIR), 2021, Multisector Resource Guide for Preventing Youth Violence in Latin America, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/usaid-2021-multisector-resource-guide