Journal article
Associations Between Perceptions and Involvement in Neighborhood Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Urban, African American Men
Journal of community health, v 34(4), pp 328-335
Aug 2009
PMID: 19343487
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Abstract
Violence disproportionately affects African American men and their communities. Research is needed to inform programming efforts to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in violence exposure, involvement, and victimization. The current study examined involvement in and perceptions of neighborhood violence and relation to perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) among a sample of urban, African American men. Participants of this cross-sectional study were sexually active African American men (n = 703) between the ages of 18 and 65 years, recruited from urban community health centers. Age-adjusted logistic regression models were used to assess associations between neighborhood violence variables and perpetration of IPV. In age-adjusted logistic regression models, involvement with street violence in the previous 6 months (Odds Ratio (OR) = 3.0; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.9–4.6), ever being involved with gangs (OR = 2.0; 95% CI: 1.3–3.2), and perceptions/beliefs that violence occurs in one’s neighborhood (ORs = 2.0–3.1) were found to be significantly associated with IPV perpetration. Findings demonstrate that involvement in neighborhood violence as well as perceptions/beliefs that violence occurs in one’s neighborhood are associated with increased likelihood of IPV perpetration among urban, African American men. While socioeconomics and substance use contribute to high rates of these forms of violence, the relation between these forms of violence and perpetration of IPV was significant beyond the influences of these factors. Findings suggest that future violence prevention and treatment efforts will be most successful by addressing multiple forms of violence.
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- Title
- Associations Between Perceptions and Involvement in Neighborhood Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Urban, African American Men
- Creators
- Elizabeth Reed - Department of Society, Human Development, and Health Harvard University School of Public Health 677 Huntington Ave, Kresge 7th Floor Boston MA 02115 USAJay Silverman - Department of Society, Human Development, and Health Harvard University School of Public Health 677 Huntington Ave, Kresge 7th Floor Boston MA 02115 USASeth Welles - School of Public Health Drexel University Mail Stop 1033 1505 Race Street, 6th Floor Philadelphia PA 19102 USAMaria Santana - Social Behavioral Sciences Department Boston University School of Public Health 715 Albany Street, Talbot Building West Boston MA 02118 USAStacey Missmer - Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health 677 Huntington Ave, Kresge 9th Floor Boston MA 02115 USAAnita Raj - Social Behavioral Sciences Department Boston University School of Public Health 715 Albany Street, Talbot Building West Boston MA 02118 USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of community health, v 34(4), pp 328-335
- Publisher
- Springer US; Boston
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000267031400012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-67349216641
- Other Identifier
- 991014878204104721
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