Characterizing Violence Intervention Street Outreach Participants and Service Dosage: Implications for Measurement and Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Community violence intervention street outreach (CVI-SO) strategies are growing in popularity as non-punitive approaches to solving the public health problem of community gun violence. Evidence on the effectiveness of CVI-SO on rates of violence is mixed and faces challenges due to concerns with documentation and data privacy, intentional selection bias in program design, and variation in participant risk and needs. Effective evaluation requires methods that accurately capture the scope and delivery of services, starting with a greater understanding of the services CVI participants receive and how they vary based on individual characteristics. This study explores the services that participants received from a coalition of Chicago CVI organizations from 2017 to 2023. Considering administrat

SUBMITTER: Ross MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12480816 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature