Center for Youth Equity (CYE) at Tulane University: A Community-Centered Approach to Youth Violence Prevention

CYE项目总结：本提案响应RFA-CE-21-005并建立首个CDC- 在海湾南部，由联合国资助的预防研究中心明确侧重于预防青年暴力。的 青年平等中心（CYE）的科学前提是，青年暴力的复杂性是 历史上和当前的结构性种族主义及其影响。根源和不成比例的比率 非裔美国人（AA）社区的青年暴力是由社区为中心的需要， 基于优势的方法，解决预防工作的关键障碍，包括：（1） 青年暴力和系统性种族主义，缺乏利用内在能量的连贯战略 （2）缺乏强有力的以社区为中心的方法，青年和社区 对系统性种族主义和暴力有深刻认识和理解的组织参加了 创造解决方案，以及（3）缺乏减少枪支暴力的全面减少伤害方法 在年轻人中。CYE的目标是通过一个长期的、跨学科的 努力集中公平和支持基础设施，包括行政，研究，推广和 翻译，教育和培训核心。我们的总体目标是：（1）建立一个适应文化需求的 青年暴力预防研究中心嵌入正在进行的社区伙伴关系和现有的 杜兰大学暴力预防研究所（VPI）的基础设施，以建立和加强网络 （2）调整、实施和评估一个多成分的 社会政治发展充实和赋权方案，以防止和减少与警察接触 通过青年领导的基层组织和行动， 社会和结构的变化;（3）评估医院发起的社区综合实践的效果- 减少大龄青年（18-24岁）枪支暴力的基本方法;（4）转化证据基础 将社区青年暴力预防战略纳入广泛的外联和宣传工作;以及（5） 为职业生涯早期和初级教育提供创新和跨学科的教育和培训机会， 旨在发展和维持一支能够对青年产生影响的劳动力队伍的学者和专业人员 在地方、区域和国家各级开展预防暴力工作。青年就业委员会的使命是作为一个中心， 创新研究，社区参与的外联和翻译，以及尖端的培训和教育， 青年暴力和伤害预防国家，地方和整个海湾南部地区。

CYE PROJECT SUMMARY: This proposal responds to RFA-CE-21-005 and establishes the first CDC- funded Prevention Research Center in the Gulf South explicitly focused on youth violence prevention. The scientific premise of the proposed Center for Youth Equity (CYE) is that the complex nature of youth violence is embedded in historical and current structural racism and its impact. The root causes and disproportionate rates of youth violence in African American (AA) communities are shaped by the need for community-centered, strengths-based approaches that address critical barriers to prevention, including: (1) the interconnectedness of youth violence and systemic racism, and lack of cohesive strategies that capitalize on the inherent energy and insights of youth, (2) the lack of strong community-centered approaches in which youth and community organizations with deep knowledge and understanding of systemic racism and violence participate in the creation of solutions, and (3) the paucity of comprehensive harm reduction approaches to reduce gun violence amongst youth. The objective of the CYE is to address these barriers through a long-term, transdisciplinary effort that centers equity and supporting infrastructure, including Administrative, Research, Outreach & Translation, and Education & Training Cores. Our overall aims are: (1) to establish a culturally responsive youth violence prevention research center embedded within the ongoing community partnerships and existing infrastructure of the Tulane University Violence Prevention Institute (VPI) to build and strengthen the network for youth violence prevention in the Gulf South; (2) to adapt, implement, and evaluate a multicomponent sociopolitical development enrichment and empowerment program to prevent and reduce exposure to police violence among younger AA youth (10-17 years) through youth-led grassroots organizing and activism for social and structural change; (3) to evaluate the effects of a hospital-initiated, community-integrated practice- based approach in reducing gun violence among older youth (18-24 years); (4) to translate the evidence base for community youth violence prevention strategies into widespread outreach and dissemination efforts; and (5) to develop innovative and transdisciplinary educational and training opportunities for early career and junior scholars and professionals aimed at developing and sustaining a workforce well-positioned to impact youth violence prevention efforts locally, regionally, and nationally. The mission of the CYE is to serve as a hub for innovative research, community-engaged outreach and translation, and cutting-edge training and education in youth violence and injury prevention nationally, locally, and throughout the Gulf South region.