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										Ten agencies, including CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO), with a long history of mobilizing a consistent, evidence-based approach to preventing violence against children and youth, collaborated to develop INSPIRE: Seven Strategies for Ending Violence Against Children.external icon
*INSPIRE* is a suite of tools for anyone committed to addressing and preventing violence against children and youth. The *INSPIRE* suite of tools includes the technical packageexternal icon, which describes the INSPIRE strategies and interventions, a handbookexternal icon that provides details on how to implement the interventions, a set of indicators from the companion INSPIRE indicator guidance external iconto measure the effects of INSPIRE, and an adaptation guideexternal icon with tools to help policymakers and practitioners make decisions as they select, adapt and implement activities to prevent and respond to violence against children.
The INSPIRE seven strategies are listed in the table below.
INSPIRE Strategies to Prevent Violence Against Children and Youth
INSPIRE Strategies to Prevent Violence Against Children and YouthStrategy
Approach**I**mplementation and enforcement of laws
Laws banning violent punishment of children by parents, teachers, or other caregivers
Laws criminalizing sexual abuse and exploitation of children
Laws that prevent alcohol misuse
Laws limiting youth access to firearms and other weapons**N**orms and Values
Changing adherence to restrictive and harmful gender and social norms
Community mobilization programs
Bystander interventions**S**afe Environments
Reducing violence by addressing “hotspots”
Interrupting the spread of violence
Improving the built environment**P**arent and caregiver support
Delivered through home visits
Delivered in groups in community settings
Delivered through comprehensive programs**I**ncome and economic strengthening
Cash transfers
Group saving and loans combined with gender equity training
Microfinance combined with gender norm training**R**esponse and support services
Counseling and therapeutic approaches
Screening combined with interventions
Treatment programs for juvenile offenders in the criminal justice system
Foster care interventions involving social welfare services**E**ducation and life skills
Increase enrolment in pre-school, primary, and secondary schools
Establish a safe and enabling school environment
Improve children’s knowledge about sexual abuse and how to protect themselves against it
Life and social skills training
Adolescent intimate partner violence prevention programs**See Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys Resources for publications about strategies to prevent child abuse and neglect.**Top of Page
							
					
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