History

The APIYVPC has recently received renewal funding to prevent youth violence and to develop a prototype model for other Asian/Pacific Islander communities. Selected from numerous applicants, following an objective review by public health experts, the APIYVPC is one of eight national centers established at colleges or universities to receive funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the five-year program that connects academic andcommunity resources to study and create lasting ways to prevent youth violence. Other recipients include: Columbia University; Harvard University; Johns Hopkins University; University of California Berkeley; University of California, Riverside; University of Illinois, Chicago; and Virginia Commonwealth University. The APIYVPC was established in 2000 when it received its initial round of funding from CDC to conduct youth violence prevention research with predominantly Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian communities in Hawai‘i and Oakland, California, respectively. During this time, the APIYVPC conducted a number of important studies that illustrated the need to disaggregate specific Pacific Islander and Asian American ethnic groups when conducting research with children and adolescents. In the upcoming five years, the APIYVPC will center its efforts more heavily on working with the Kailua-Waimanalo Community to prevent youth violence and strengthen community-university partnerships.