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A National Perspective on Preventing Urban Violence Violence is not the problem of one neighborhood or group. Coming together and owning this problem and the solutions are central. -Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Harvard School of Public

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A National Perspective

  • n Preventing Urban

Violence

“Violence is not the problem of one neighborhood or group. Coming together and owning this problem and the solutions are central.”

  • Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith,

Harvard School of Public Health, UNITY Co-Chair

UNITY is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the CDC’s national youth violence prevention initiative, Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE), and in part by The California Wellness Foundation.

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UNITY builds support for effective, scalable, sustainable efforts to prevent violence before it

  • ccurs so that urban youth can thrive in safe

environments with ample opportunities and supportive relationships.

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Lead Partners: Prevention Institute, Harvard School of Public Health, UCLA School of Public Health SCIPRC, UC San Francisco

Supported by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) & The California Wellness Foundation

National Consortium: Over 300 members from cities, national and state orgs, CBOs

UNITY City Network: Growing # of cities committed to advancing preventive approaches

Who is UNITY?

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UNITY Co-Chairs

Deborah Prothrow- Stith, MD

Harvard School of Public Health

Larry Cohen, MSW

Prevention Institute

Billie Weiss, MPH

UCLA School of Public Health

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Telephone interviews with key city informants in 15 of the 45 largest U.S. cities.

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“An Assessment of Youth Violence Prevention Activities in USA Cities”

UNITY Assessment

  • City Mayor
  • Police Chief
  • Public Health Director
  • School Superintendent
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Findings:  Youth violence is a serious issue for cities.  Responses are not perceived to be highly effective or adequate  Few reported using primary prevention to stop violence before it

  • ccurs.

 Informants lack a shared knowledge of existing youth violence prevention resources available in their city.

UNITY Assessment

“An Assessment of Youth Violence Prevention Activities in USA Cities”

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Findings:  Law enforcement and criminal justice are the most prevalent strategy used in the cities.  Public Health Departments are not generally included in city strategies.  Most cities cited a lack of comprehensive strategy.  Cities with the greatest coordinated approach also had the lowest rates of youth violence.

UNITY Assessment

“An Assessment of Youth Violence Prevention Activities in USA Cities”

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  • Prevention is not understood
  • Structural racism is a barrier to getting support
  • Cities need guidance

Findings from Consortium and Steering Committee Input

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Coordinate the UNITY City Network: Connecting cities with each other Guide Effective & Sustainable Practice: Make the Case: Educate Decision Makers & Inform National Strategies:

UNITY Activities

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UNITY City Network

Oakland, CA San Diego, CA Tucson, AZ Seattle, WA Minneapolis, MN Detroit, MI Denver, CO

  • St. Louis, MO

Chicago, IL Louisville, KY Boston, MA Newark, NJ Los Angeles, CA New Orleans, LA Nashville, TN Philadelphia, PA Cleveland, OH Richmond, CA Houston, TX (San Jose, CA)

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“An initiative on a national level and getting together can bring us all together so that we have greater power to focus our efforts and not be basically piecemealing our own individual efforts.”

JT Turner, Commander of the Gang Interdiction Section with the Police Department in Tucson, Arizona.

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“We joined the UNITY network to get an opportunity to network with all of these excellent communities who are, in many cases, far in advance of us to learn all that we can so that we can take it back to our community and help us become more effective in preventing youth violence.” Darrell Aniton, Director of the Office of Youth Development in Louisville, Kentucky

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“I’ve learned quite a bit and I appreciate the passion that the participants in this convention have shown. That demonstration has really given me a lot of interest in going back and taking a look at what I’m doing as a judge, how to get involved on the front end.”

Judge Jimmie Edwards, Circuit Judge

  • St. Louis, Missouri

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Coordinate the UNITY City Network: Guide Effective & Sustainable Practice: Training, tools, consultation Make the Case: Educate Decision Makers & Inform National Strategies:

UNITY Activities

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Who? Partnerships

High-Level Leadership Collaboration & Staffing Community Engagement

What? Prevention

Programs, Organizational Practices, & Policies Communication Training & Capacity Building

How? Strategy

Strategic Plans Data & Evaluation Funding

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UNITY RoadMap

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A Guidebook to Strategy Evaluation

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Coordinate the UNITY City Network: Guide Effective & Sustainable Practice: Make the Case: Framing the discourse on preventing violence Educate Decision Makers & Inform National Strategies:

UNITY Activities

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Making the Case

 Violence is a leading cause of

injury, disability and premature death.

 Violence is a significant disparity,

disproportionately affecting young people and people of color.

 Violence increases the risk of

  • ther poor health outcomes.

Why Violence Is a Public Health Issue:

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Moving From Them To Us: Challenges in Reframing Violence Among Youth

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Literature Scan Key Informant

Interviews

Strategy Roundtables

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Addressing the Intersection:

Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living

Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Safety & Preventing Violence

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The Intersection

A) Violence and fear of violence affect individual behaviors related to healthy eating and active living. B) Violence and fear of violence diminish the community environment, reducing support for healthy eating and active living.

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A) Violence and fear of violence affect individual behaviors related to healthy eating and active living.

  • 1. Violence and fear of violence cause people to be

less physically active and spend less time outdoors.

  • 2. Violence and fear of violence alter people’s

purchasing patterns, limiting access to healthy food.

  • 3. Experiencing and witnessing violence decrease

motivation and capability to eat healthfully and be active.

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“Violence has the most impact on the use of parks. People are afraid to exercise in the park .

  • Community Leader

“Turf wars deter people from walking to grocery stores.”

  • Community Leader
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4.

Violence reduces social interactions that would

  • therwise contribute to community cohesion.

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Violence acts as a barrier to investments in community resources and opportunities that support healthy eating and active living.

B) Violence and fear of violence diminish the community environment, reducing support for healthy eating and active living.

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Coordinate the UNITY City Network: Guide Effective & Sustainable Practice: Make the Case: Educate Decision Makers & Inform National Strategies: Highlighting what works & supportive policies and resources

UNITY Activities

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UNITY Policy Platform

 Street outreach and interruption strategies.  Universal, school-based violence prevention.  Promote mental health and address substance abuse.  Reduce young children’s exposure to violence.  Community building.  Strategies prioritized locally: quality early care and education; positive social and emotional development; parenting skills; quality after-school and out of school programming; youth leadership; conflict resolution; social connections in neighborhoods; economic development, including youth employment; mentoring; family support services; and successful reentry.

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UNITY Policy Platform

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State & National Supports

  • Allocate and align resources
  • High-level focal point for preventing violence
  • Multi-sector collaboration in federal and state

governments

  • Equip people with the necessary skills
  • Establish supportive data, research and

evaluation systems

  • Develop a communications campaign
  • Enhance public health’s capacity and

infrastructure

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Sample UNITY Accomplishments

Engaged leading practitioners and scientists around the country in informing our efforts. Shaped the approach cities are taking to violence. Raised the profile of a public health-based approach to prevention. Engaged multiple sectors in advancing a public health- based, prevention approach to violence. Informed efforts to link safety and violence to healthy eating and active living

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The Horizon

Affordable Care Act

National Prevention Strategy Prevention and Wellness Trust &

Community Transformation Grants

Updated Surgeon General’s Report National Forum for Youth Violence

Prevention

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UNITY Website

A Web-Based Tool for Cities to Use

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Participate in UNITY

 Receive information on new

violence prevention-related activities, resources, and events.

 Get the latest updates on

UNITY.

Visit us at

preventioninstitute.org

Email us at

unity@preventioninstitute.org.

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“We know after years, decades of experiencing violence, looking at violence, what the outcomes and implications of violence are. But we also know that there are programs and processes and definitions that we need to put in place to decrease, to eliminate youth violence, because it is preventable.”

  • Natoya Walker, Deputy Chief Operating Officer,

Office of the Mayor in Cleveland, Ohio

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Rachel Davis Managing Director, Prevention Institute UNITY Project Director 221 Oak Street Oakland, California 94607 phone: (510) 444-7738 fax: (510) 663-1280 www.preventioninstitute.org rachel@preventioninstitute.org