Greening: A Violence Prevention and Reduction Strategy
“Greening” is a strategy used to modify the physical and social environment, to prevent multiple forms of violence by creating community-level protective factors.
A growing body of evidence supports Greening activities as a violence prevention and reduction strategy. This document from PreventConnect explores Greening as a strategy to advance health equity and prevent sexual and intimate partner violence. The resources compiled in this report are intended to build practitioner toolkits to make the case for Greening.
A new PreventConnect resource, Greening: Violence Prevention and Reduction Strategy offers growing evidence and case-study programs that explore Greening as a strategy to advance health equity and prevent sexual and intimate partner violence.
The resources compiled in this report are intended to build practitioner toolkits to make the case for Greening in their violence prevention work, and build successful strategies, based on evidence and best-practice. Evidence is divided into:
- Community Health and Wellbeing
- Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence
- Gun Violence
- Parks
- Rural Greening
This document is intended to build sexual and intimate violence prevention practitioners’ toolkits to make the case for greening in their violence prevention work and to develop successful strategies informed by evidence. It presents a compilation of resources including research articles, guides, and organizations performing relevant work.
Visit PreventConnect's website to download the document and learn more about Greening as a violence prevention strategy.
