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Building Resilience through Intervention, Direct Guidance, and Empowerment (BRIDGE): A demonstration project to assist youth aging out of foster care in Poland
J Prev Interv Community. 2024 Feb 22:1-24. doi: 10.1080/10852352.2024.2317662. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBuilding Resilience through Intervention, Direct Guidance, and Empowerment (BRIDGE) is an innovative program designed to prevent homelessness and other negative outcomes among youth aging out of foster care. BRIDGE was pilot-tested on youth aging out of two orphanages in a city in southern Poland in 2009-2012. Youth were recruited at age 17, before aging out at age 18. Quasi-experimental methods were used to evaluate program outcomes among nine BRIDGE clients compared to two matched groups (n = 9 and n = 18) of yout...
Source: Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community - February 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Paul A Toro Tia N Turner Ma łgorzata E Szarzyńska Source Type: research

College focused rapid rehousing: Deploying an existing community model to address homelessness on campus
This study reports on a three-year implementation of the College-Focused Rapid Rehousing pilot; an initiative in California by which universities commissioned community providers to assist students in need via a modified Rapid Rehousing (RRH) intervention. RRH is a widely implemented intervention that combines move-in assistance, short-term rental subsidies, and ongoing case management, to help individuals quickly transition into stable housing. The mixed-methods evaluation included analyses of online surveys (n = 141), administrative records (n = 368), and focus groups conducted with staff across eight campuses (n = 35). ...
Source: Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community - February 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Arturo Baiocchi Susanna Curry Rashida Crutchfield Jessica Wolin Jennifer Wilking Susan Roll Source Type: research

Integrating trauma-informed services in out-of-school time programs to mitigate the impact of community gun violence on youth mental health
This article provides justification for integrating evidence-based, trauma-informed services in OST programs within communities characterized by high rates of violent crime to minimize the impact of violence exposure on youth mental health. We describe the initial feasibility of a model program, the Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Initiative, implemented in a small city in southeastern Pennsylvania. Within the first six months of the VIP Initiative, 95 community residents (90% under age 18; 51% Hispanic) received intervention services, primarily through single-session and short-term weekly group intervention in ...
Source: Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community - February 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Angela T Clarke Stevie N Grassetti Lauren Brumley Kyle Y Ross Courtney Erdly Sarah Richter Emily R Brown Michele Pole Source Type: research

Building resilience to hate in classrooms: Innovation in practice and pedagogy to prevent extremism and violence in U.S. schools
This study underscores the importance of innovation in pedagogy, practice, assessment, and professional training for educators and educational staff to effectively engage educators in extremism and violence prevention.PMID:38300976 | DOI:10.1080/10852352.2024.2305562 (Source: Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community)
Source: Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess Vikramaditya Joshi Timon Hruschka Source Type: research

An integrated ecological approach to countering targeted violence on the U.S.-Mexico border: Insights and lessons learned
J Prev Interv Community. 2024 Jan 18:1-21. doi: 10.1080/10852352.2023.2297096. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWell-integrated and productive communities are an asset to the development and advancement of our nation, and they have an important role to play in planning, learning, and enforcing safety to enhance national and border security. REACH (Resilience, Education, Action, Commitment, and Humanity) is a community-based project housed at The University of Texas at El Paso that aims to prevent targeted violence and domestic terrorism in El Paso County. We integrated three frameworks (i.e., Whole Community Preparedness, Soc...
Source: Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community - January 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yok-Fong Paat Luis R Torres-Hostos Diego Garcia Tovar Elizabeth Camacho Hector Zamora Nathan W Myers Source Type: research

Benefits of a health advocacy intervention intended to improve self-efficacy for self-care in residents of a homeless shelter
J Prev Interv Community. 2024 Jan 4:1-20. doi: 10.1080/10852352.2023.2299895. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite a great need for healthcare, unhoused individuals encounter significant barriers to utilizing public healthcare systems. Given the inequities in access to healthcare, accompanied by disabilities and health risks associated with homelessness, self-efficacy for self-care is particularly critical. As a primary purpose of this article, we describe a self-care intervention (Health Advocacy Behavioral Activation), which was implemented within a long-standing participatory community action research project for homel...
Source: Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah M Clark Roger N Reeb Caroline C Born Kathryn E Hurley Source Type: research