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Methods for Evaluating the Association Between Alcohol Outlet Density and Violent Crime

1 CE Hour
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About the Course

This course examines research methods to detect and evaluate the association between alcohol outlet density and violent crime. This is considered a primary research methodology course. It includes: geographic units, counts, reference points and distances, container-based designs, smoothed estimates, proximity, mean distance, spatial access measures, and types of distance.

This course is based on the reading online article, Methods for Evaluating the Association Between Alcohol Outlet Density and Violent Crime created by Pamela J. Trangenstein, PhD., M.P.H. et al in 2020.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Aug 2020

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Pamela J. Trangenstein, PhD., M.P.H.
Dr. Trangenstein Is a professor at the Department of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC and at the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health in Boston, MA. She has had more than 50 works published in peer reviewed journals.
Frank C. Curriero, PhD
Dr. Curriero is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology with a joint appointment in the Departments of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Dr. Curriero’s research focus is on the development and application of spatial and spatial-temporal statistical methods in the public health sciences.  He has published more than 50 works in peer reviewed journals.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin

L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Target Audience

Prevention professionals at all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Discuss measurement methods described that are commonly used in alcohol outlet density research.
  2. 2 Identify the role proximity plays in methodology.
  3. 3 Describe the preferred method given the type of area researched.

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Material Authors

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Course Creator

L.A. Rankin – There are no relevant disclosures.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

1 CE Hour
Reading Online
Course 103507

Related Topics

Prevention Alcohol Prevention Planning and Evaluating

Availability

This course is available until Jun 25th, 2034.

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