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Pathways to Outdoor Recreation, Physical Activity, and Delinquency Among Urban Latino Adolescents

February 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Individual-level factors, such as fear and perceptions of incivilities, among youth in neighborhoods with high crime rates may influence levels of physical activity and delinquency.

Growing Up in Violent Communities

January 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Living in a low-conflict family is insufficient to protect girls from the negative effects of growing up in a violent community.

Association of Perceived Neighborhood Safety on Body Mass Index

November 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Individuals who live in neighborhoods they perceive as unsafe have higher BMIs than those who live in neighborhoods where they feel safe.

Temperament as a Moderator of the Relation Between Neighborhood and Children's Adjustment

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Children vary in their sensitivity to neighborhood influences—good and bad.

Use of a Microecological Technique to Study Crime Incidents Around Methadone Maintenance Treatment Centers

September 1, 2012 | Journal Article

cq5dam.thumbnail.319.319 Read article There is no significant increase in serious crime around methadone treatment centers, according to this fine-grained geographic analysis in one city.

Streetworkers, Youth Violence Prevention, and Peacemaking in Lowell, Massachusetts

October 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This paper describes the work of the United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) in Lowell, Massachusetts. Street outreach workers at UTEC establish relationships with violent youth, in particular gang members. The authors conducted interviews with UTEC staff, SWs, and partner organizations.

The Association Between Community Crime and Childhood Asthma Prevalence in Chicago

April 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This study investigated the effect of neighborhood crime on asthma rates among children in Chicago. The authors found significant associations between the number of crimes in a neighborhood and child asthma rates.

How Residential Mobility and School Choice Challenge Assumptions of Neighborhood Place-Based Interventions

January 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Health interventions that are long-term and place-based are embraced as providing low-income families with comprehensive services. To better understand the benefits from these services, this study assesses the role of residential mobility and the us ...

Lifting Boats Without Closing Gaps

February 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Despite national prosperity which improved health outcomes for urban children from 1992-2002, disparities between children in distressed versus non-distressed cities, and between Black versus White urban children, did not improve.

Finding the Impact in a Messy Intervention

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This article looks specifically at the design of the Urban Health Initiative evaluation. It highlights the program's integrated evaluation design, bringing together a theory of change and a quasi-experimental approach, including comparison city usage.

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Community Violence