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CONNECTING
THE
DOTS
Philip J. Leaf, Ph.D.
Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health
Special Thanks
Patrick Chaulk – Annie E. Casey Foundation
Larke Huang – Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
Rosemary King Johnston – Maryland
Governor’s Office for Children
Alan Levitt - Office of National Drug Control
Policy
Greta Massetti – Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Abel Ortiz – Annie. E. Casey Foundation
Ken Thompson - Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
Special Thanks
Catherine Bradshaw
Lee Bone
Jill Williams
Ayzha Corbett
Special Thanks
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Freya Sonenstein
Abel Ortiz
Keva White
Sarah Lynne
Makeba Massey
Pat Chaulk
Andrea Alexander
Lee Bone
Elise Pas
Catherine Bradshaw
Amy Daniels
Jessica Ruglis
Youth Violence Data
Physical fights (12 months preceding survey)
• 35.5% of all students reported being in a physical
fight (44.4% of males; 26.5% of females)
• 12.4% of students reported being in a physical
fight on school property.
Property Crimes
• 27.1% of students reported having property
stolen or deliberately damaged on school
property.
School Avoidance Due to Safety Fears (30 days
preceding survey)
• 5.5% of students did not go to school on one or
more days because they felt unsafe at school or
on their way to or from school.
*Data from 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a representative sample of youth in grades 9-12
Youth Violence Data
Carrying Weapons (30 days preceding survey)
• 18.0% of students reported carrying a weapon
(gun, knife or club) on one or more days
• 5.2% of students carried a gun on one or more
days
• 5.9% of students reported carrying a weapon
(gun, knife or club) on school property on one
or more days
Suicide (12 months preceding survey)
• 14.5% of students had seriously considered
attempting suicide
• 6.9% of students had attempted suicide one or
more times
*Data from 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a representative sample of youth in grades 9-12
Juvenile Arrests Data
• Juveniles account for 16% of all violent
crime arrests
and 26% of all property crime
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arrests
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• Numbers of juvenile arrested in 2007 :
– 57,650 for aggravated assault
– 3,580 for forcible rape
– 1,350 juveniles
were arrested for murder
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• Gang Activity
– An estimated 788,000 gang members
and 27,000 gangs were active in the
United States
1Puzzanchera,
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2009
from 2007 National Youth Gang Survey, nationally representative sample of law enforcement agencies
Substance Use
Alcohol
• 44.7% of students had had at least one
drink of alcohol on at least 1 day during
the 30 days before the survey.
• 23.8% of students had drunk alcohol
(other than a few sips) for the first time
before age 13 years.
• 26.0% of students had had five or more
drinks of alcohol in a row (i.e., within a
couple of hours) on at least 1 day during
the 30 days before the survey.
*Data from 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a representative sample of youth in grades 9-12
Substance Use
Marijuana
• 19.7% of students had used marijuana
one or more times during the 30 days
before the survey.
• 8.3% of students had tried marijuana for
the first time before age 13 years.
Inhalants
• 13.3% of students had sniffed glue,
breathed the contents of aerosol spray
cans, or inhaled any paints or sprays to
get high one
*Data from 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a representative sample of youth in grades 9-12
Mortality and Injury
Data for persons ages 10 to 24
• Homicide is the leading cause of death for
African Americans
• Homicide is the 2nd leading cause of death
for Hispanics
• Homicide is the 3rd leading cause of death
for Asian/Pacific Islanders, American
Indians, and Alaska Natives.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Youth Violence: Facts at a Glance, Summer 2009.
Mortality and Injury
Data for persons ages 10 to 24
• 5,958 young people were murdered in
2006 – an average of 16 each day
• 87% (5,159) of homicide victims were
male and 13% (799) were female
• 84% of homicide victims were killed with a
firearm
• Over 631,000 violence-related injuries in
young people were treated in U.S.
emergency rooms in 2007
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Youth Violence: Facts at a Glance, Summer 2009.
What’s Your Vision?
Meeting Objectives: Identify
specific actions for next 18
months to:
Facilitate federal, state, and local
efforts to maximize the use of effective
strategies to prevent drug use,
violence, mental health and behavioral
problems, and academic failure for
children and youth and to promote
positive development
Meeting Objectives: Identify
specific actions for next 18
months to:
Increase the number of children, youth,
and families benefitting from effective
prevention/promotion programs and
practices
Enhance organizational and individual
capacities to deliver/sustain effective
programs, practices, and policies
Frameworks
• Macro Level: Societal and Systems level
including societal attitudes, social
policies, and economic strategies
• Organizational Level:
• Individual Level:
Using a Theory of Change to Guide
Service Planning and Delivery
Implementation
Of
Services
Conceptualization
And
Operationalization
Assumption: The degree of overlap between the two
Process contributes to culturally competent services
Interventions Alone Are Not the
Solution
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Public Policy and Financial Incentives
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Organizational Capacity to Implement
and Support Efforts
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High Quality and Adequate Quantity of
Interventions/Supports Delivered when
and where needed
Also Not Part of the Solution
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A unique surveillance process for every
community
A different set of indicators for every
program
Every sector convening its own
multiagency planning process
Discontinuities between what we know
works and what is experienced by most
children, youth, and families
Our Part of the Solution
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Begin identifying what can have the
greatest impact on prevention of drug
use, mental illnesses, violence, and other
unwanted behaviors and maximum
promotion of positive development
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Identification how we can achieve our
objectives
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Begin today to connect the dots