Session: Neighborhoods: Community Capacity, Ties to Neighbors, and Negative Social Contexts (Research that Promotes Sustainability and (re)Builds Strengths (January 15

Moderator:

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, PHD, Assistant Professor

Schedule:

Saturday, January 17, 2009: 8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Iberville (New Orleans Marriott)

* noted as presenting author

Building Community Capacity to Prevent Violence: Findings from a Pilot Project to Facilitate Collective Efficacy among Residents
Mary Ohmer, PhD, Assistant Professor; Elizabeth Beck, PhD, Associate Professor; Barbara Warner, PhD, Associate Professor

Effect of Homeownership on Resource Generation and Ties to Neighbors: A Multilevel Analysis
Michal Grinstein-Weiss, PHD, Assistant Professor; Yeong Hun Yeo, MSW, PHD student; Johanna K.P. Greeson, MSS, MLSP, Doctoral Student

Session: Neighborhoods: Community Capacity, Ties to Neighbors, and Negative Social Contexts (Research that Promotes Sustainability and (re)Builds Strengths (January 15 - 18, 2009))