Special Report: Violence Prevention
September 27, 2013 | Story/Grantee
USA Today Profiles Violence Prevention as Urgent Health Priority
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Changing Attitudes About Gun Violence Among Inner-City Teens
August 7, 2013 | Story
Scott Charles’ Cradle to Grave program brings inner-city youths in Philadelphia into a busy hospital to show the impact of gunshot wounds and work toward changing their attitudes toward gun violence.
TEDMED Talks: 'Cure Violence' Founder on Treating Violence as a Contagious Disease
May 16, 2013 | New Public Health Post
TEDMED Talks: 'Cure Violence' Founder on Treating Violence as a Contagious Disease
Police Foot Patrols Cut Crime
May 9, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Crime and violence in U.S. inner cities has a profound impact on public health. The question is how best to combat it. According to recent studies, one answer could be as simple as assigning more police officers to foot patrols in crime hotspots.
Integrating Sociology and Public Health to Reduce Homicide and Gun Violence
May 1, 2013 | Story
As a Health & Society Scholar, Andrew V. Papachristos, PhD, studied the role of social networks on the diffusion of gun violence in Chicago and Boston.
Cops as Treatment Providers
April 15, 2013 | Journal Article
Using 60 small foot beat areas in Philadelphia, this study assesses the ways in which foot patrol officers’ roles are executed and negotiated in neighborhoods.
Scholars in Health Policy Research Reboots a Career
April 9, 2013 | Story
Economist Harold A. Pollack, PhD, studied the intersection of poverty and health policy as an RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research. His career focuses on the role of American social policy in improving the lives of vulnerable people.
Healing Newtown
March 27, 2013 | Story
A Clinical Scholar alumna leads work to strengthen Newtown’s mental health safety net and offers advice to other providers.
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.
Cure Violence
September 26, 2012 | Grantee
Cure Violence, formerly known as CeaseFire, is a national public health strategy that reduces gun shootings and killings.