The SAFER Latinos Project: Addressing a Community Ecology Underlying Latino Youth Violence

Edberg, Mark; Cleary, Sean D.; Collins, Elizabeth; Klevens, Joanne; Leiva, Rodrigo; Bazurto, Martha; Rivera, Ivonne; Cid, Alex Taylor del; Montero, Luisa; Calderon, Melba

doi:10.1007/s10935-010-0219-3

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“…This process was facilitated by the use of Photovoice to identify community conditions for change, training in advocacy and public communication, and events as well as social media channels through which that advocacy could be expressed. An earlier version of this approach was piloted as a component of an intervention called SAFER Latinos (M. Edberg, et al, 2010), in the same community, focusing on violence prevention. The Adelante intervention's use of branding theory (Evans & Hastings, 2008) and social media to create—with youth participation—an intervention identity (Evans et al, 2016; Evans, Cleary, Andrade, & Edberg, 2018). Branding theory is a potentially useful approach to address identity development because it entails the linking and packaging of behavior in relation to an attribute‐driven identity (Evans et al, 2018), especially where the brand identity is community derived and represents community aspirations.…”

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The cultural persona as nexus between structural marginalization and youth risk behavior

Edberg

2020

Journal Community Psychology

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Structural marginalization exerts its effects through multiple social‐ecological levels down to the individual behavior of youth violence and related risks. However, there is very little research or theoretical literature documenting or specifying mechanisms, paths, and linkages across levels. This paper traces one path in which long‐term structural constraints intersect with the adolescent development process via a construct called the cultural persona—a form of archetype or model that embodies the value‐structure, role, and performance of violence and related risk behavior within the kinds of underground or street economies that develop and persist in high‐poverty communities as an outcome of structural marginalization. This mechanism is described, together with its limitations, along with examples and recommendations for interventions and further research.

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The cultural persona as nexus between structural marginalization and youth risk behavior

Edberg

2020

Journal Community Psychology

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“…The aims and primary scientific goals of COMPASS are to focus on the discovery of cancer and chronic disease in general, with the perspective that social, economic, racial and political marginalisation are often primary contributing factors associated with health disparities. [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] The COMPASS scientific focus areas are illustrated in figure 1. The primary COMPASS aims driving the design are as follows: 1.…”

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Cohort profile: the ChicagO Multiethnic Prevention and Surveillance Study (COMPASS)

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PurposeThe ChicagO Multiethnic Prevention and Surveillance Study or ‘COMPASS’ is a population-based cohort study with a goal to examine the risk and determinants of cancer and chronic disease. COMPASS aims to address factors causing and/or exacerbating health disparities using a precision health approach by recruiting diverse participants in Chicago, with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in biomedical research.ParticipantsNearly 8000 participants have been recruited from 72 of the 77 Chicago community areas. Enrolment entails the completion of a 1-hour long survey, consenting for past and future medical records from all sources, the collection of clinical and physical measurement data and the on-site collection of biological samples including blood, urine and saliva. Indoor air monitoring data and stool samples are being collected from a subset of participants. On collection, all biological samples are processed and aliquoted within 24 hours before long-term storage and subsequent analysis.Findings to dateThe cohort reported an average age of 53.7 years, while 80.5% identified as African-American, 5.7% as Hispanic and 47.8% as men. Over 50% reported earning less than US$15 000 yearly, 35% were obese and 47.8% were current smokers. Moreover, 38% self-reported having had a diagnosis of hypertension, while 66.4% were measured as hypertensive at enrolment.Future plansWe plan to expand recruitment up to 100 000 participants from the Chicago metropolitan area in the next decade using a hybrid community and clinic-based recruitment framework that incorporates data collection through mobile medical units. Follow-up data collection from current cohort members will include serial samples, as well as longitudinal health, lifestyle and behavioural assessment. We will supplement self-reported data with electronic medical records, expand the collection of biometrics and biosamples to facilitate increasing digital epidemiological study designs and link to state and/or national level databases to ascertain outcomes. The results and findings will inform potential opportunities for precision disease prevention and mitigation in Chicago and other urban areas with a diverse population.RegistrationNA.

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“…The co-occurrence of substance abuse, risky sexual behavior, and violence among youth in Langley Park has been documented, and described elsewhere Edberg et al, 2010;Edberg, Collins, Harris, McLendon, & Santucci, 2009). The Avance Center for the Advancement of Immigrant/Refugee Health was established to address the health disparities among immigrant Latino youth in the community.…”

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Adelante Ambassadors: Using Digital Media to Facilitate Community Engagement and Risk-Prevention for Latino Youth

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Digital and social media are now widely used to promote engagement in health programs and improve health behaviors across a variety of age groups and domains. However, limited research exists on applying culturally relevant, new media interventions specific to Latino immigrant youth. This paper describes the pilot Adelante Youth Ambassador program for Latino immigrant youth, which used digital media and community-based participatory research to build positive youth development (PYD) assets as a prevention mechanism to reduce co-occurring health risks of substance use, sexual risk, and interpersonal violence. We worked collaboratively with adolescents to create video content as a conduit for Adelante-branded messages to be disseminated on the program's social media platforms. Using an active audience engagement methodology, youth participants informed the development of prevention messages, scripts for the videos, and acted in videos. Participants disseminated content to their social media networks and engaged peers in dialogue about topics addressed in the videos. Using pre and post tests, we evaluated changes in PYD assets (Civic Action Competence, Confidence, Connection to Community, and Connection to Peers) and skills related to digital media use, communication, and Journal of Youth Development | http://jyd.pitt.edu/ | Vol. 12 Issue 4 DOI 10. 5195/jyd.2017.513 Adelante Ambassadors 82 advocacy. The program used innovative branding and social media strategies to engage Latino youth in health risk prevention.

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The SAFER Latinos Project: Addressing a Community Ecology Underlying Latino Youth Violence

Cited by 20 publications

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The cultural persona as nexus between structural marginalization and youth risk behavior

The cultural persona as nexus between structural marginalization and youth risk behavior

Cohort profile: the ChicagO Multiethnic Prevention and Surveillance Study (COMPASS)

Adelante Ambassadors: Using Digital Media to Facilitate Community Engagement and Risk-Prevention for Latino Youth

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