Changing Attitudes toward Youth Violence: The Role of Brief Hospital-based Interventions

Violence is the leading cause of injury and mortality among youth in the United States. 1 Violently injured youth lack sufficient resources and support to change their violence-related attitudes and behaviors, resulting in a heightened risk of being both the victim and perpetrator of violence.Youth exposed to firearm violence are twice as likely to commit serious violence within 2 years, and youth who are violently injured are 88 times more 1,