TY - JOUR
T1 - Neighborhood trauma due to violence
T2 - A multilevel analysis
AU - Lane, Sandra D.
AU - Rubinstein, Robert A.
AU - Bergen-Cico, Dessa
AU - Jennings-Bey, Timothy
AU - Fish, Linda Stone
AU - Larsen, David A.
AU - Fullilove, Mindy Thompson
AU - Schimpff, Tracey Reichert
AU - Ducre, Kishi Animashaun
AU - Robinson, Jonnell Allen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Meharry Medical College.
PY - 2017/2
Y1 - 2017/2
N2 - In Syracuse, New York the social determinants of trauma from neighborhood violence are rooted in historical processes, including urban renewal, the Rockefeller drug laws, and de-industrialization. These contributed to destabilizing Syracuse communities of color, resulting in disproportionate incarceration, family disruption, and economic devastation. Community violence, clustering in densely populated neighborhoods, creates unmanageable stress for the families who live in them. A map of gunshots and gun fatalities (2009 to 2014) illustrates the continuing onslaught of bullets being fired, oft en in close proximity to elementary schools. A community survey indicated that over half of respondents personally knew more than 10 murder victims. Half the respondents scored positive on the Civilian PTSD Checklist; there thus is a great deal of unaddressed traumatic stress in the community. This analysis, conducted to prepare for planning future interventions to reduce the community trauma and violence, is part of an ongoing university-community collaboration.
AB - In Syracuse, New York the social determinants of trauma from neighborhood violence are rooted in historical processes, including urban renewal, the Rockefeller drug laws, and de-industrialization. These contributed to destabilizing Syracuse communities of color, resulting in disproportionate incarceration, family disruption, and economic devastation. Community violence, clustering in densely populated neighborhoods, creates unmanageable stress for the families who live in them. A map of gunshots and gun fatalities (2009 to 2014) illustrates the continuing onslaught of bullets being fired, oft en in close proximity to elementary schools. A community survey indicated that over half of respondents personally knew more than 10 murder victims. Half the respondents scored positive on the Civilian PTSD Checklist; there thus is a great deal of unaddressed traumatic stress in the community. This analysis, conducted to prepare for planning future interventions to reduce the community trauma and violence, is part of an ongoing university-community collaboration.
KW - Historical trauma
KW - Post-traumatic
KW - Social determinants
KW - Stress disorders
KW - Structural racism
KW - Violence
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U2 - 10.1353/hpu.2017.0033
DO - 10.1353/hpu.2017.0033
M3 - Article
C2 - 28239012
AN - SCOPUS:85013955432
SN - 1049-2089
VL - 28
SP - 446
EP - 462
JO - Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
JF - Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
IS - 1
ER -