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Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, PhD, MSc, MA

Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member

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School-Based Anti-Bullying Interventions Work!

Sep 12, 2022 By: Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, PhD, MSc, MA, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member and Kevin J. Vagi, PhD, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member and Amy Lansky, PhD, MPH, Community Guide Office, Office of the Associate Director for Policy & Strategy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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A review of 69 studies shows school-based anti-bullying interventions reduce bullying—both in-person and cyber—and improve students’ mental health.

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Bullying Has Negative Consequences For All Involved

Oct 10, 2019 By: Caroline B.R. Evans, Ph.D., North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center (NC YVPC) and Khiya J. Marshall, Dr.P.H., National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCIPC, CDC) and Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, PhD, MSc, MA, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member and Paul R. Smokowski, Ph.D., NC YVPC, and School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas
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Bullying is an unwanted aggressive behavior characterized by repetition (i.e., it is repeated or has a high likelihood of being repeated), and a power imbala

Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices

New CDC Resource Can Help States and Communities Prevent Suicide Among Youth

Sep 14, 2017 By: Deb Stone, Sc.D., M.S.W., M.P.H., CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, PhD, MSc, MA, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
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CDC’s suicide prevention technical package is based on the best available evidence to prevent or reduce public health problems like suicide. 

New CDC Resource Can Help States and Communities Prevent Youth Violence

Jun 14, 2017 By: Corinne David-Ferdon, and Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, PhD, MSc, MA, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
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Bullying is a form of youth violence – and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resources states and communities can use to stop it.