Violence and Health
2011
Aftershocks: The Impact of Clinic Violence on Abortion Services — 2011
Clinic violence reduces abortion services in targeted areas; however, once travel is taken into account, the overall effect of the violence is much smaller.
Reducing the Impact of Children's Exposure to Violence: Results of the National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches — 2011
RAND's evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches identified program successes and challenges in implementing programs for children exposed to violence. The evaluation results, though largely inconclusive, can inform similar efforts going forward.
2010
National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Implementation — 2010
Documents the implementation of 15 programs across the country that provide interventions for families in which children have been exposed to violence, with the goal of building knowledge about the effectiveness of specific intervention strategies.
Neighborhood and Individual-Level Violence and Unintended Pregnancy — 2010
Finds that neighborhood-level violence and other individual-level violence indicators may be important when examining factors related to unintended pregnancy among young, urban women.
Predictors of Substance Abuse Treatment Need and Receipt Among Homeless Women — 2010
A strong social network, informational support from sex partners, and other social factors affect whether homeless women receive substance abuse treatment.
School Personnel Perspectives on Their School's Implementation of a School-Based Suicide Prevention Program — 2010
This study of a district-wide suicide prevention program found that schools whose implementation focused on at-risk students had better results.
Toolkit for Adapting Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) or Supporting Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET) for Implementation with Youth in Foster Care — 2010
Assists school-based mental health professionals, school personnel, and child welfare social workers in adapting two school-based interventions for use with youth in foster care who have symptoms of distress following exposure to trauma.
2009
The Economic Cost of Methamphetamine Use in the United States, 2005 — 2009
The first national estimate of the economic cost of methamphetamine considers burdens of addiction, early death, drug treatment, lost productivity, crime and criminal justice, health care, production and environmental hazards, and child endangerment.
The Effect of Urban Street Gang Densities on Small Area Homicide Incidence in a Large Metropolitan County, 1994-2002 — 2009
The presence of street gangs has been hypothesized as influencing overall levels of violence in urban communities through a process of gun-drug diffusion and crosstype homicide.
The Health Consequences of Using Physical Restraints in Nursing Homes — 2009
Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline.
Intimate Partner Violence and Community Service Needs Among Pregnant and Postpartum Latina Women — 2009
The authors examined the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and perceived needs for legal, social, and job services among a prospective cohort of 210 pregnant Latinas. IPV was associated with needing social and legal services at most time points. Women with recent IPV experiences reported greater service needs than women with more remote IPV experiences, who in turn reported greater need than women without IPV experiences. The authors conclude that IPV may be associated with ongoing perceived needs for social and legal services among Latina perinatal patients.
Making It Easier for School Staff to Help Traumatized Students — 2009
Describes Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET), a cognitive-behavioral program intended to be delivered in schools by teachers or school counselors rather than clinical personnel.
Measurement of Teen Dating Violence Attitudes: An Item Response Theory Evaluation of Differential Item Functioning According to Gender — 2009
This article examines data from 2,575 high school students who participated in a teen-dating violence intervention study. The majority of participants were Latino (91%), and the sample was nearly evenly split with respect to gender (51% female). Items from two scales (boy-on-girl violence; girl-on-boy violence) reflecting teens' attitudes about dating violence were calibrated with the graded item response theory (IRT) model and evaluated for differential item functioning (DIF) by gender. Results support the use of IRT scores that account for DIF to minimize measurement error and improve inferences about gender differences in attitudes about dating violence
The Relationship Between Protective Factors and Outcomes for Children Investigated for Maltreatment — 2009
Well developed social and problem solving skills, greater ability to adapt, and positive peer relationships help to protect some children from the harmful consequences of being mistreated.
Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California, Executive Summary — 2009
The summary discusses some of the greatest socioeconomic, health, safety, and school readiness disparities for boys and men of color in California and reviews strategies to reduce disparities, including effective programs, practices, and policies.
Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California — 2009
The study identifies some of the greatest socioeconomic, health, safety, and school readiness disparities for boys and men of color in California and reviews strategies to reduce the disparities, including effective programs, practices, and policies.
Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence: Clarifying the Relevance of Women's Use and Partners' Use — 2009
Research has shown that, when women and/or their partners are involved in substance use, women's risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) is higher.
Support for Students Exposed to Trauma: The SSET Program — 2009
The Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET) program is a series of ten teacher- or school counselor-led lessons aimed at reducing distress for middle school students who have been exposed to a traumatic life event.
Support for Students Exposed to Trauma: A Pilot Study — 2009
This study describes preliminary data from a pilot study of a new program, Support for Students Exposed to Trauma, adapted from the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools program.
Victimization from Mental and Physical Bullying and Substance Use in Early Adolescence — 2009
Logistic regression analyses were used to assess the association between victimization from mental and physical bullying and use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, and inhalants among middle school students.
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