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Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

New CDC Data Suggest Sexual Minority Teens Still Have Highest Levels of Bullying

Oct 12, 2016 By: Alana Vivolo-Kantor, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emily Olsen, Health Scientist, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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From these new national estimates, it is clear that bullying remains a widespread concern for sexual minority youth attending U.S. high schools.

The Myth of “Mean Girls”

Sep 10, 2015 By: Pamela Orpinas, Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia and Alana Vivolo-Kantor, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Caroline McNicholas, Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia and Lusine Nahapetyan, Kinesiology and Health Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana
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Bullying can take many forms: hitting or pushing (physical bullying), teasing or calling others bad names (verbal bullying).

CDC’s Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers: Using Positive Parenting to Promote Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships

Dec 17, 2014 By: Beverly Fortson, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Alana Vivolo-Kantor, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Colby Lokey, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Tessa Burton, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionParents help their kids.

What is Bullying? A New Uniform Definition for Research

Feb 10, 2014 By: Alana Vivolo-Kantor, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and R. Matthew Gladden, Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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In order to stop bullying before it begins, it is necessary to improve the consistency and comparability of data on bullying.

Bullying and Suicide: What’s the Connection?

Dec 30, 2013 By: Alana Vivolo-Kantor, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Ellen Singer, Center for Adoption Support and Education and Ingrid Donato, Chief, Mental Health Promotion Branch, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member and James Wright, LCPC, Public Health Advisor for SAMHSA and Stopbullying.gov Ed Board member
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In the past decade, headlines reporting the tragic stories of a young person's suicide death linked in some way to bullying have become regrettably comm

Understanding the Link Between Childhood Bullying and Sexual Violence

Mar 19, 2013 By: Alana Vivolo-Kantor, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois and Kathleen Basile, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Violence Prevention
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Most experts acknowledge that bullying is a serious problem that has negative consequences for both perpetrators and victims.