{"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"UrbanupgradingandlevelsofinterpersonalviolenceinCapeTownSouthAfrica-theViolencePreventionthroughUrbanUpgradingProgramme","title":"Urban upgrading and levels of interpersonal violence in Cape Town, South Africa: the Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading Programme"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Richard Matzopoulos","affiliation":"South African Medical Research Council"}],"study_info":{"abstract":"Background\nViolence Prevention through Urban Upgrading applies a second-generation\ncrime prevention through environmental design, which includes built\nenvironment interventions alongside social programmes and community\nparticipation initiatives. We assessed the association between the\nintervention and reported experience of violence in Khayelitsha, one of\nSouth Africa's poorest and most violent suburbs.\nMethod\nWe conducted a retrospective population-based study using survey data\nfrom 3625 geo-located households collected between 2013 and 2015 and\nmapped alcohol outlets across the study area. Generalized linear models\nhelped estimate and compare self-reported experience of violence\nadjusting for known confounders, which included area and household\ndeprivation as well as alcohol outlet density.\nFindings\nLiving in close proximity to the upgraded urban infrastructure was\nassociated with a 34% reduced exposure to interpersonal violence after\nadjusting for confounders. This association was consistent across age and\ngender. Access to additional social programmes alongside the urban\nupgrading intervention was not associated with further reduction in risk.\nInterpretation\nThe association between urban-upgrading and reduced exposure to\ninterpersonal violence supports its inclusion among interventions in\nnational and local crime prevention policies to address social and\nstructural environments.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2013-01-01","end":"2015-12-31","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"RSA"}]}}}