Association of a Park-Based Violence Prevention and Mental Health Promotion After-School Program With Youth Arrest Rates

Emily D'Agostino; Stacy L Frazier; Eric Hansen; Maria I Nardi; Sarah E Messiah

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.19996

Association of a Park-Based Violence Prevention and Mental Health Promotion After-School Program With Youth Arrest Rates

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jan 3;3(1):e1919996. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.19996.

Authors

Emily D'Agostino^{1

2}, Stacy L Frazier³, Eric Hansen², Maria I Nardi², Sarah E Messiah^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
² Miami-Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, Miami, Florida.
³ Clinical Science Program in Child and Adolescent Psychology, Florida International University, Miami.
⁴ Miller School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
⁵ Center for Pediatric Population Health, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, Dallas.

Abstract

This cohort study estimates the association of a park-based violence prevention and mental health promotion after-school program with youth arrest rates in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior / psychology
Health Promotion / methods*
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency / prevention & control*
Parks, Recreational
School Health Services / organization & administration*
Social Environment
Urban Health
Violence / prevention & control*