1. Steph Lamb

2. GETTING STARTED
Brains
Orientation
Grit
Inspiration

3. Violence
Directory
• Ecosystem of
efforts
Violence
Prevention
PhillyRising w/ Dr. Eugenia Garvin
• Government
partnership

4. Philly Rising
Program
-community advancement
program based in high crime
areas

5. Short Term (6mo-2yr):
 Community
 ↓ crime (part 1, 2, & QOL)
 ↑ perceptions of safety
 ↓ physical disorder/blight
 ↑ community

engagement
↑ community
Measuring


pride/empowerment
↑ faith & trust in
Success
government -importance of community
 ↑ collective efficacy feelings in relation to crime
 ↓ truancy rates
- Creating survey

6. Com Ne Disa
pletel utr gre
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Agre
e
7. If there is a problem 1 2 3 4 5
around here, neighbors
get together to deal with it.
8. This is a close knit 1 2 3 4 5
neighborhood.
9.When you get right down 1 2 3 4 5 The Survey:
to it, nobody in this
neighborhood cares much
what happens to me.
Neighborhood
10.People in this area are
willing to help their
1 2 3 4 5
Section
neighbors.
- -based on Project for
Human Development in
11.People in this 1 2 3 4 5
Chicago Neighborhoods
neighborhood generally
don’t get along with each
other.
12. People in this 1 2 3 4 5
neighborhood can be
trusted.

7. The following questions are about
activities you might do during a typical
day. Does your health now limit you in
these activities? If so, how much?
Yes, Yes, No, not
limite limited limited
d a lot a little at all
a. Moderate 1 2 3
activities, The Survey:
such as
moving a
table, pushing
a vacuum
Health Section
cleaner, -taken from the SF-12
bowling, or
playing golf
a. Climbing 1 2 3
several flights
of stairs

8. For the Future…
 Case vs. control neighborhoods
 Door-to-door surveying with PhillyRising
staff

9. Bedbug
Epidemiology
-the bedbug epidemic in
Philadelphia
-importance for housing and
health

10. The Survey:
Environment
Section
-difficulty of studying unknown
variables

11. The Survey:
Beliefs Section
- Meant to uncover
awareness and responses
- Uncovered issue of stigma
and misconceptions,
although varied by area

12. BEDBUGGING!

13. For the Future….
 Spatial
analysis, combined with housing
research
 Uncover variables of importance in order
to give more concrete recommendations

14. Debrief
“Communities are sick
of research”

15. Community Based
Participatory Research (CBPR)
 When locals/beneficiaries are involved in
the identification of the problem,
collection and analysis of data, and
implementation of the results.

16. Community involvement in
PhillyRising Project
 Close to model of Community-Based
Participatory Research
 Programitself relies on residents to identify
problems
 Program partners part of interviewing
team

17. …but how to involve
community in bedbug
research?

18. My Answer(ish)
 Wideningmy definition of community to
everyone affected by outcomes
 Accepting complexity of HSR in order to
create the best possible partnerships

19. Looking Back
Brains
Grit
Inspiration

20. Thank you
to…
 Dr. Gina Garvin &
the PhillyRising
Staff
 Team Bedbug
 Dr. Mike Levy
 Kate Levy
The End
And my fellow
bedbug interns…
Julio & Christine
LDI and the SUMR
scoholars