PRCHN Monthly Seminar Series: “Neighbors, Neighborhoods, and Child Maltreatment in Cleveland”

The next Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) Seminar Series event will focus on the effects of neighborhood context on child maltreatment. Jim Spilsbury, associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, will present “Neighbors, Neighborhoods, and Child Maltreatment in Cleveland” Wednesday, Feb. 13, at noon in the BioEnterprise Building’s PRCHN Meeting Room (Room B-03).

About the lecture

A growing body of research has highlighted the effects of the neighborhood context on health and well-being. This presentation will focus on findings from an ongoing mixed-methods study investigating the connection between neighborhood conditions and child maltreatment. Associations between neighborhood characteristics and child maltreatment rates will be presented. Neighborhood residents’ perceptions of the neighborhood-maltreatment link also will be discussed, as well as residents’ perceptions of maltreatment itself.

About the presenter

Spilsbury is an associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences. He holds a PhD in anthropology from Case Western Reserve University and a master of public health in health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Spilsbury’s research interests involve studying the effects of social and cultural settings on child health and development. He has conducted research on the influence of home and neighborhood environments on child sleep, as well as the effects of neighborhood conditions on child maltreatment.

Series details

The PRCHN Monthly Seminar Series takes place on the second Wednesday of the month from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the BioEnterprise Building’s PRCHN Meeting Room (B-03), unless otherwise noted. The public is welcome to attend. A light lunch is served. Learn more about the series.