Neighborhood-level factors and youth violence: Giving voice to the perceptions of prominent neighborhood individuals

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 669-685

  Yonas, Michael A ^a,e   O'Campo, Patricia ^b   Burke, Jessica G ^c   Gielen, Andrea C ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Campus Box 7440   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood factors; Participatory research; Urban; Violence; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547179285     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106290395     Document Type: Article

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