HomeGrown STL is close to putting its strategy for collective impact to work in St. Louis. The project, part of the Center for Social Development’s Race and Opportunity Lab, aims to support the social mobility of black boys and men between the ages of 12 and 29 in St. Louis City and County. “We want […]
Tag: 2017
Black Youth Mental Health & Educational Experiences
Disproportionately lower educational achievement, coupled with higher grade retention, suspensions, expulsions, and lower school bonding make educational success among Black adolescents a major public health concern. Mental health is a key developmental factor related to educational outcomes among adolescents; however, traditional models of mental health focus on absence of dysfunction as a way to conceptualize […]
Black Youth Mental Health & Educational Experiences
Mental Health and Educational Experiences Among Black Youth: A Latent Class Analysis Theda Rose, Michael A. Lindsey, Yunyu Xiao, Nadine M. Finigan-Carr, and Sean Joe (2017) Highlights Objective of the study was to examine the associations between mental health and educational experiences among Black adolescents. Higher school bonding is strongly associated with having better mental health. […]
Police Use of Force by Ethnicity, Sex, and Socioeconomic Class
Objective: Disparities in police responses to Black and White people have received significant research and public attention in recent years. This study examines self-reported accounts of exposure to and perceptions of police use of force among Black and White ethnic groups by sex and income level. Method: Using bivariate and multivariate approaches, we analyzed data from the […]
Black Youth Mental Health & Educational Experiences
Disproportionately lower educational achievement, coupled with higher grade retention, suspensions, expulsions, and lower school bonding make educational success among Black adolescents a major public health concern. Mental health is a key developmental factor related to educational outcomes among adolescents; however, traditional models of mental health focus on absence of dysfunction as a way to conceptualize […]
Community Violence Exposure and Risk Taking Behaviors
Black emerging adults ages 18–29, particularly those residing in predominantly black urban communities, are at risk for community violence exposure (CVE). This potentially traumatic event may induce traumatic stress reactions for black emerging adults that contribute to their engagement in violence perpetration, substance use and/or sexual risk-taking behaviors as a way to cope with their […]
Community Violence Exposure and Risk Taking Behaviors
Community Violence Exposure and Risk Taking Behaviors Among Black Emerging Adults: A Systematic Review Robert Motley, Whitney Sewell, and Yu-Chih Chen (2017) Highlights High levels of exposure to community violence is a predictor of substance abuse Mixed study results concerning both the relationship between community violence exposure and violence perpetration and the relationship between community violence […]
Community Violence Exposure and Risk Taking Behaviors
Black emerging adults ages 18–29, particularly those residing in predominantly black urban communities, are at risk for community violence exposure (CVE). This potentially traumatic event may induce traumatic stress reactions for black emerging adults that contribute to their engagement in violence perpetration, substance use and/or sexual risk-taking behaviors as a way to cope with their […]