Community-Led Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence

Special Collection in INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing

Community-Led Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence: Developing Evidence for Policy and Practice

Guest Editors, Jeffrey A. Butts and Caterina G. Roman

Excerpt from the Introductory Editorial

Not all CVI models should be judged by their success in delivering resources to individuals and achieving behavioral change in those individuals, but all CVI strategies involve some work at the individual level. Models designed to create change at the community level must form relationships and partnerships with neighborhood residents. They help change community norms by supporting the communication and conflict-resolution skills of people most likely to be involved in interpersonal conflicts. They rely on case management to connect individual residents with food, housing, and employment. The effect of these intervention strategies, however, can be evaluated at the neighborhood level and not only at the individual level. Determining the best evaluation strategy must be guided by an intervention’s theory of change and its expected relationships between efforts and outcomes. These challenges will continue to affect the existence and viability of community-resourced and community-led CVI models. Researchers need to address them for the CVI field to reach maximum effectiveness and impact.

Sponsor’s Perspective

Megan J. O’Toole, Everytown for Gun Safety
Building a Roadmap of Comprehensive Community Violence Intervention Evaluation Practices

Introductory Editorial

Jeffrey A. Butts and Caterina G. Roman
Special Collection on Community-Led Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence: Developing Evidence for Policy and Practice: An Editorial

Special Collection

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