Exploring the Link between Neighborhood Violence and Health among African-American and Latinx Youth Returning Home after Incarceration

Autor/inn/en	Meza, Jocelyn I.; Bondoc, Christopher; Keshav, Nivedita; Bosco, John; Barnert, Elizabeth
Titel	Exploring the Link between Neighborhood Violence and Health among African-American and Latinx Youth Returning Home after Incarceration
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 52 (2023) 3, S.533-558 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Meza, Jocelyn I.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-022-09696-8
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Violence; Health; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Youth; Juvenile Justice; Institutionalized Persons; Diseases; Clinical Diagnosis; Medical Evaluation; Stress Variables; Early Experience; Family Environment; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Substance Abuse; Juvenile Gangs; Well Being; Intervention; Transitional Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Gewalt; Gesundheit; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Disease; Krankheit; Frühbeginn; Familienmilieu; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Jugendbande; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Background: African-American and Latinx youth are disproportionately exposed to neighborhood violence and are overrepresented in the U.S. juvenile justice system. Perceived neighborhood violence is associated with negative health outcomes. Objective: We examined associations between African-American and Latinx youths' perceived neighborhood violence and health during reentry after juvenile incarceration. Methods: Youth (n = 50) returning home after incarceration completed health questionnaires at one-month post-incarceration. A subset of participants (n = 25 youth) also participated in one-on-one, semi-structured longitudinal interviews. Results: Twenty-eight (56%) participants reported neighborhood violence in quantitative surveys. Quantitative analyses revealed that perceived neighborhood violence was positively associated with reported asthma diagnosis, doctor recommendations for medical follow-up, perceived stress, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Perceived neighborhood violence was negatively correlated with perceived family support. Stress ratings were associated with ACE total scores, moderate to severe depression symptoms, and family support. Moderate-to-severe depression symptoms were significantly correlated with lower ratings of family support. Qualitative interviews supplemented our quantitative findings and showed that responses to perceived neighborhood violence were linked to specific health-related behaviors, such as substance use or avoidance of gang activity. Conclusions: Overall, our quantitative and qualitative results indicate that perceived neighborhood violence is associated with many negative psychosocial factors that could impact overall health and wellbeing of youth undergoing reentry. Treatment implications include the development and testing of family-centered interventions that help improve the transition back into the community for youth undergoing reentry and especially, their access to evidence-based treatment, including leveraging family telehealth substance use interventions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01