Abstract
Neighborhood Characteristics and Child Injuries Track: Health and Human Services Author(s): Jim McDonell, Tamara Webb, Asher Ben-Arieh Despite growing recognition of the importance of neighborhood context on children's well-being, there is little research directly examining the relationship between neighborhood settings and children's safety. This presentation will report findings from a study of the effects of neighborhood physical and social characteristics on child injuries. A newly developed neighborhood rating scale measuring physical appearance, social appearance, safety, and public amenities was used to collect data from three independent observations of a convenience sample of 104 neighborhoods in 64 census block groups in an urban/rural Southern county. Additionally, ICD-9 coded emergency room and inpatient child injuries over a one-year period were geocoded and aggregated at the census block group level. Neighborhood characteristics and community geospatial features will be modeled to predict child injuries and the results presented. Program and policy implications will be discussed. Jim McDonell Clemson University IFNL 158 Poole Clemson , SC 29634 US Phone: 864-656-6746 Fax: 864-656-6281 E-mail: jmcdnll@clemson.edu Tamara Webb Clemson University Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life 158 Poole Clemson , SC 29634 US Phone: 864-656-6715 E-mail: ltamara@clemson.edu Asher Ben-Arieh Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare Mt. Scopus Jerusalem 91905 IL Phone: 972-588-1308 E-mail: benarieh@cc.huji.ac.il |
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