Health Resources

PEACE Signs

PEACE Signs teaches elementary school students how to resolve conflicts without violence. A few health facts are listed below to demonstrate why we are addressing this issue.

Health Facts

Bullying

  • Children identified by age 8 as bullies are 6 times more likely to commit a crime by the time they are 24 years old and 5 times more likely by age 30 to have a serious criminal record. (Roxie Alcaraz, Fact Sheet: Bullying in Schools, Fall 2004. stopyouthviolence.ucr.edu Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.)


  • Almost 30% of youth in the United States (or over 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in bullying as either a bully, a target of bullying, or both. (safeyouth.gov Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.)


  • 70% of the young persons who committed extreme acts of school violence, such as shootings, were later found to have been either victims or perpetrators of bullying in their schools. (Bullying--Is It Part of Growing Up, or Part of School Violence, December 15, 2004. healthinschools.org Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.)

Domestic violence

  • Physical abuse during childhood increases the risk of future victimization among women and the risk of future perpetration of abuse by men more than two-fold. (Family Violence Prevention Fund. The Facts on Children and Domestic Violence, August, 2008. endabuse.org Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.)


  • 15.5 million children in the United States live in families in which partner violence occurred at least once in the past year, and seven million children live in families in which severe partner violence occurred. (Family Violence Prevention Fund. The Facts on Children and Domestic Violence, August, 2008. endabuse.org Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.)


  • Nearly one in four women in the United States reports experiencing violence by a current or former spouse or boyfriend at some point in her life. (Family Violence Prevention Fund, Action Center. Get the Facts: The Facts on Domestic, Dating and Sexual Violence. endabuse.org Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.)

Youth violence

  • In 2008, more than 656,000 young people ages 10 to 24 were treated in emergency departments for injuries sustained from violence. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Violence. Facts at a Glance, 2010. cdc.gov Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.)


  • In 2007, 5,764 young people ages 10 to 24 were murdered - an average of 16 each day. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Violence. Facts at a Glance, 2010. cdc.gov Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.)


  • Juveniles were involved in 12% of all violent crimes cleared in 2007. (Office of Justice Programs, Juvenile Justice Bulletin. "Juvenile Arrests 2006", pub. November 2008. ncjrs.gov Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.)

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Resources on the Web

To learn more about the topics addressed in PEACE Signs try visiting the websites listed below.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: cdc.gov Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.

Prevent Violence.org - Strategies to keep youth safe: preventviolence.org/ Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.

Stop Bullying.gov : stopbullying.gov/kids/ Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.           

Family Violence Prevention Fund: endabuse.org Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.

Kaiser Permanente, Family Violence Prevention Program: kp.org/domesticviolence

STRYVE - Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere: safeyouth.gov Kaiser Permanente is not responsible for the content or policies of external Internet sites.    

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Updated December, 2010