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The effect of neighborhood-based community organizing : results from the Seattle Minority Youth Health Project . OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of a community mobilization and youth development strategy to prevent drug abuse , violence , and risky sexual activity . DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Primary surveys of youth , parents , and key neighborhood leaders were carried out at baseline ( 1994 ) and at the end of the intervention period ( 1997 ) . The study took place in four intervention and six control neighborhoods in Seattle . STUDY DESIGN The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial with neighborhood as the unit of randomization . The intervention consisted of a paid community organizer in each neighborhood who recruited a group of residents to serve as a community action board . Key variables included perceptions of neighborhood mobilization by youth , parents , and key neighborhood leaders . DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION METHODS Youth surveys were self-administered during school hours . Parent and neighborhood leader surveys were conducted over the phone by trained interviewers . PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Survey results showed that mobilization increased to the same degree in both intervention and control neighborhoods with no evidence of an overall intervention effect . There did appear to be a relative increase in mobilization in the neighborhood with the highest level of intervention activity . CONCLUSION This randomized study failed to demonstrate a measurable effect for a community mobilization intervention . It is uncertain whether the negative finding was because of a lack of strength of the interventions or problems detecting intervention effects using individual-level closed-end surveys .
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Intervention_Educational
neighborhood-based community organizing
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Intervention_Educational
community mobilization and youth development strategy
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Intervention_Educational
paid community organizer in each neighborhood who recruited a group of residents to serve as a community action board .
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Intervention_Educational
community mobilization intervention
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Outcome_Mental
drug abuse
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Outcome_Mental
violence
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Outcome_Mental
risky sexual activity
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Outcome_Mental
perceptions of neighborhood mobilization
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Outcome_Mental
mobilization
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Outcome_Mental
mobilization
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Outcome_Mental
level of intervention activity
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Outcome_Other
mobilization intervention
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Participant_Condition
Seattle Minority
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Participant_Age
Youth
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Participant_Condition
Health Project
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Participant_Age
youth
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Participant_Age
parents
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Participant_Sample-size
six