| Countering Violent Extremism Through Public Health Practice: Proceedings of a Workshop Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences Engineeri (Author), Health and Medicine Division (Author), Board on Health Sciences Policy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309453658 ISBN-13: 9780309453653 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $49.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Health Policy |
| Dewey: 363.325 |
| LCCN: 2017448638 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 146 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Countering violent extremism consists of various prevention and intervention approaches to increase the resilience of communities and individuals to radicalization toward violent extremism, to provide nonviolent avenues for expressing grievances, and to educate communities about the threat of recruitment and radicalization to violence. To explore the application of health approaches in community-level strategies to countering violent extremism and radicalization, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public workshop in September 2016. Participants explored the evolving threat of violent extremism and radicalization within communities across America, traditional versus health-centered approaches to countering violent extremism and radicalization, and opportunities for cross-sector and interdisciplinary collaboration and learning among domestic and international stakeholders and organizations. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. |