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| 02/19/2012
CIRCA welcomes Dr. Sonika Bhatnagar, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and staff physician with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) of UPMC, onto our Core Faculty. Dr. Bhatnagar joined CHP in 2008 after receiving her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine, completing her residency at the Cleveland Clinic, and earning an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. In 2010, she was appointed to serve on the CDC's Steering Committee for the National Action Plan to prevent childhood unintentional injuries.
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| 02/17/2012
Dr Ricci completed data collection of a community based survey using a random sample of listed landline telephone numbers. Changes in collective efficacy were assessed by measuring perceptions of residential mobility, social cohesion and violent crime change over five years. More than 1,209 interviews were completed across neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. Data are currently being analyzed to assess whether neighborhood safety, collective efficacy and underlying neighborhood variables are known to influence individual behavior and whether neighborhood level developments are a mediating factor.
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| 01/11/2012
In collaboration with the Falk Foundation, CIRCA will assess weapon use in violent crimes in the city of Pittsburgh. The investigators will follow the natural history of weapons to determine what factors are important in the illegal use of weapons. The results are expected to provide quantitative data to better inform community policies.
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Welcome to CIRCA
The Consortium for Injury Research and Community Action (CIRCA) is a university-wide comprehensive Injury Control Research program that provides community based injury prevention, research, training, and service through an extensive collaboration with a broad range of university, state and local organizations. The consortium conducts and promotes injury control research, gathers and disseminates information on injuries, provides training for health professionals, and informs public and community leaders on injury control issues. The unifying theme is a unique focus on social, public policy, environmental change and community participatory-based approaches to injury research and prevention.
Mission
Our mission is to understand how the social and physical environment affects injury risk and how social norms, community-based interventions, public policy and environments can be altered to reduce the occurrence, severity and consequences of injury through development of multi-disciplinary research and educational and training activities.
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