Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项申请详细说明了在芝加哥一个确定的社区内实施基于证据的暴力预防干预的协调系统的计划。将提供服务的社区由芝加哥洪堡公园社区的九个人口普查区域组成。该社区面积约2.3平方英里(1475英亩)，位于芝加哥以西约4.5英里处。这个社区包括非洲裔美国人和拉丁裔居民。根据2000年的人口普查数据，有37,027人生活在目标社区，69.9%的人报告他们的种族是非洲裔美国人，27.5%的人是拉丁裔。48%的人生活在女性户主家庭，44%的社区人口报告说没有接受过高中教育。与芝加哥的其他社区相比，该社区的特点是犯罪率高。2009年，人均凶杀率为每10万人45.1人，而整个芝加哥市为每10万人15.8人。枪击(133.6比64.6%)、严重殴打(299.7比196.9)和严重殴打(767.3比346.0)的比率(每10万人)也同样高。比较社区由来自北劳恩代尔的12个人口普查区域和来自芝加哥南劳恩代尔社区的4个人口普查区域组成。这个社区占地约1.55平方英里(1150英亩)，位于芝加哥以西约4.0英里处。这个社区包括非洲裔美国人和拉丁裔居民。根据2000年的人口普查数据，有23593人生活在比较社区，73.5%是非洲裔美国人，24.4%是拉丁裔。报告的凶杀率和暴力犯罪率与目标洪堡公园社区相似。针对社区/邻里、学校、关系和个人层面的风险因素的循证干预将提供给所定义社区内的普遍和目标人群。复杂的监测系统与前所未有的一系列行政数据相结合，可以评估多种影响指标。采用多种分析方法对影响进行评价。培训活动在不同地点和学科之间进行协调。为了确保受青少年暴力影响的更大和更多样化的受众获得成果，我们团队将定期组织一系列会议、政策简报会和其他以政策为导向的活动，将学者、政策制定者、资助者和实践者聚集在一起，寻求设计、实地考察和严格评估循证干预措施。 公共卫生相关性： 该中心由三个暴力预防研究小组合作，致力于了解和减少低收入市中心社区内的青少年暴力行为。概述了一系列协调的活动，包括监测、风险建模以及实施和评估循证干预制度，并与对处于不同发展阶段的青年有最直接影响的社会系统--家庭、学校、社区机构和司法--进行协调。这一系列活动的结果将使我们了解与青年暴力有关的风险和保护，以及减少对青年的风险和伤害的有效干预措施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application details a plan to implement a coordinated system of evidence-based violence prevention interventions within a single defined community in Chicago. The community to be served consists of nine census tracts from the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. This community is approximately 2.3 square miles (1475 acres) and is located on the west side of Chicago approximately 4.5 miles west of the Loop. The community includes a mix of African American and Latino residents. From 2000 census data, there were 37,027 persons living in the target community, 69.9% reported their ethnicity as African-American and 27.5% as Latino. Forty-eight percent live in female headed households and 44% of the neighborhood population reports having less than a high school education. The community is characterized by high rates of crime compared to other communities in Chicago. In 2009, the per capita rate for homicide was 45.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 15.8 per 100,000 for the City of Chicago as a whole. Rates (per 100,000 ) were similarly elevated for shooting (133.6 vs. 64.6), aggravated assault (299.7 vs. 196.9) and aggravated battery (767.3 vs. 346.0). The comparison community consists of 12 census tracts from the North Lawndale and 4 tracts from the South Lawndale neighborhoods of Chicago. This community is approximately 1.55 square miles (1150 acres) and is located on the west side of Chicago approximately 4.0 miles west of the Loop. The community includes a mix of African American and Latino residents. From 2000 census data, there were 23,593 living in the comparison community, 73.5% were African American and 24.4% were Latino. Similar rates of homicide and violent crime were reported as compared with the Humboldt Park community that is targeted. Evidence-based interventions directed at risk factors at the community/neighborhood, school, relationship and individual levels will be delivered to both a universal and targeted population within the defined community. A sophisticated surveillance system combined with an unprecedented array of administrative data allow for assessment of multiple indicators of impact. Multiple analytic methods are used to evaluate impact. Training activities are coordinated across sites and academic disciplines. To ensure that results reach a larger and more varied audience affected by youth violence, our team will organize a regular series of meetings, policy briefings, and other policy-oriented events that bring together a community of scholars, policymakers, funders, and practitioners seeking to design, field, and rigorously evaluate evidence-based interventions. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Center is a collaboration of three teams of violence prevention researchers committed to understanding and reducing youth violence within low-income inner-city communities. A coordinated set of activities including surveillance, risk modeling, and implementation and evaluation of a system of evidence-based interventions are outlined and coordinated with the social systems that have the most direct influence on youth at different stages of development - families, schools, community agencies, and justice. The findings from this set of activities will inform our understanding of risk and protection related to youth violence and effective interventions for reducing risk and harm to youth.