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Observational studyHealth affairs (Project Hope)2019

Creating Safe And Healthy Neighborhoods With Place-Based Violence Interventions.

Bernadette C Hohl, Michelle C Kondo, Sandhya Kajeepeta, John M MacDonald, Katherine P Theall, Marc A Zimmerman, Charles C Branas

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Observational study in Health affairs (Project Hope), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Mural Art and Youth Victimization of Firearm Violence: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026
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  10. Gun violence exposure and population health inequality: a conceptual framework.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025
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  13. Characterization of Homicides in Mexico: Analysis of 2015-2022.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bernadette C HohlBernadette C. Hohl ( bernadette. hohl@rutgers. edu ) is an assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, in Piscataway, New Jersey.
Michelle C KondoMichelle C. Kondo is a research social scientist at the Northern Research Station, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sandhya KajeepetaSandhya Kajeepeta is a doctoral student in epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, in New York City.
John M MacDonaldJohn M. MacDonald is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
Katherine P TheallKatherine P. Theall is a professor of epidemiology in the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Marc A ZimmermanMarc A. Zimmerman is the Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor of Public Health and a professor of health behavior and health education and of psychology in the School of Public Health, University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.
Charles C BranasCharles C. Branas is the Gelman Professor in and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

Funding

A randomized trial of abandoned housing remediation, substance abuse and violenceR01AA024941 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BRANAS, CHARLES C., MACDONALD, JOHN M · 2016 to 2020
$3.2M
Place Matters - Adaptable Solutions to Violence at the Community LevelR01HD095609 · NICHD · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI BRANAS, CHARLES C., THEALL, KATHERINE P · 2018 to 2023
$3.1M
A randomized trial of urban vacant lot stabilization and substance abuse outcomesR01AA020331 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BRANAS, CHARLES C., POLSKY, DANIEL E · 2012 to 2015
$2.7M
ACL HHS R49CE002474ACL HHS U01CE002698NCIPC CDC HHS R49 CE002474NCIPC CDC HHS R49 CE003094NCIPC CDC HHS U01 CE002698NCIPC CDC HHS U01 CE003384NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020331NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA024941NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD095609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Violence is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States and abroad, with far-reaching consequences for individuals and communities. Interventions that address environmental and social contexts have the potential for greater populationwide effects, yet research has been slow to identify and rigorously evaluate these types of interventions to reduce violence. Several urban communities across the US are conducting experimental and quasi-experimental community-based research to examine the effect of place-based interventions on violence. Using examples from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Flint, Michigan; Youngstown, Ohio; and New Orleans, Louisiana, we describe how place-based interventions that remediate vacant land and abandoned buildings work to reduce violence. These examples support the potential for place-based interventions to create far-reaching and sustainable improvements in the health and safety of communities that experience significant disadvantage. These interventions warrant the attention of community stakeholders, funders, and policy makers.

Indexed as

Health StatusHousingSafetyHumansResidence CharacteristicsUnited StatesUrban RenewalViolenceEpidemiologyHealth conditionsHealth policyMental healthNeighborhoodsPublic healthSocial determinants of healthStressViolence

Identifiers

PMID31589538
PMCPMC7336498

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