Physical environment and violence perpetration among male youth in Pittsburgh: A spatial analysis

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• Alternative Title:
  Inj Prev
• Personal Author:
  Bushover, Brady ; Miller, Elizabeth ; Bair-Merritt, Megan H. ; Abebe, Kaleab Z. ; Culyba, Alison J.
• Description:
  Purpose:
  
  Examine associations between features of the built environment and violence perpetration among male youth.
  
  Methods:
  
  We enrolled 868 male adolescents, ages 13-19 years, as part of a violence prevention study in 20 low-resource neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, PA. Exposure to built environmental features was defined using participants’ neighborhood study site. Violence perpetration was measured by three survey items: physical fighting, threatening someone with a weapon, and injuring someone with a weapon. Logistic regression models examined associations between each environmental feature and violence perpetration.
  
  Results:
  
  Better neighborhood walkability was associated with significantly lower odds of fighting (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=0.86, 95%CI:0.76-0.99). Alcohol and tobacco outlets were associated with slightly lower odds of violence perpetration (AORs=0.90-0.96).
  
  Conclusions:
  
  This work extends previous studies from large urban centers to a mid-sized city context and suggests that walkable neighborhoods create opportunities for social interactions and may serve as a protective factor in youth violence.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Adult Article Environment Humans Male Protective Factors Residence Characteristics Spatial Analysis Spatial Distribution Violence Violence Prevention Young Adult

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• Source:
  Inj Prev. 26(6):588-592
• Pubmed ID:
  31300466
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8045459
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  KL2 TR001856/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 CE002528/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b54137e9d898f180f8b2b76b8342287f1f05c1b502752fc495b6b2c19c7fc6a2
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/105273/cdc_105273_DS1.pdf
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