Violence Prevention
IGNITE: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Concentrated Investment in Black Neighborhoods to Address Structural Racism as a Fundamental Cause of Poor Health
This trial tests a suite of environmental and economic interventions to determine the impact of concentrated investment on health, wellbeing, and safety for residents of Black neighborhoods.
Deeply Rooted
Deeply Rooted is a community-academic collaborative that uses the healing power of nature to promote health and wellbeing in Black and other minority Philadelphia neighborhoods.
Publications
Eugenia C. South, John MacDonald, Vincent Reina. Association Between Structural Housing Repairs for Low-Income Homeowners and Neighborhood Crime. JAMA Network Open. Jul 2021.
Aditi Vasan, Hannah K. Mitchell, Joel A. Fein, David G. Buckler, Douglas J. Wiebe, Eugenia C. South. Association of Neighborhood Gun Violence With Mental Health-Related Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization. JAMA Pediatrics. Sept 2021 Notes: Published online September 20, 2021.
Eugenia C. South, Kaytlena Stillman, David G. Bucker, Douglas Wiebe. Association of gun violence with emergency department visits for stress-responsive complaints. Annals of Emergency Medicine 77(5): 469-478. May 2021.
Charles C. Branas, Eugenia C. South, Michelle C. Kondo, Bernadette C. Hohl, Philippe Bourgois, Douglas J. Wiebe, John M. MacDonald. Citywide cluster randomized trial to restore blighted vacant land and its effects on violence, crime, and fear. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 15(12): 2946-2951. Mar 2018.