<p> The Interrupters is a documentary film that spans the course of a single year in Chicago, Illinois, illustrating and illuminating the work of three “Violence Interrupters,” a key component of a program designed with the sole purpose of reducing killings and shootings in high crime, urban neighborhoods. The program is CeaseFire, headquartered in Chicago and operated by the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention (CPVP) at the School of Public Health of the University of Illinois. CeaseFire is the brainchild of Gary Slutkin, an infectious disease physician who cut his teeth in San Francisco, Somalia, Congo, and other hot spots of infectious disease throughout Africa, establishing innovative ways to stop the spread of virulent infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, AIDS, and cholera.</p> <p>Slutkin recognizes three important principles in his work with infectious diseases: They are spread by specific behaviors, local social norms fuel such behaviors, and these norms and the disease-spreading behaviors supported by the norms can be changed through the urgings of local and credible outreach workers. He also holds, particularly in the case of tuberculosis, that a small number of individuals are disproportionately responsible for the spread of the disease. When he returned from his international
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<p> The Interrupters is a documentary film that spans the course of a single year in Chicago, Illinois, illustrating and illuminating the work of three “Violence Interrupters,” a key component of a program designed with the sole purpose of reducing killings and shootings in high crime, urban neighborhoods. The program is CeaseFire, headquartered in Chicago and operated by the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention (CPVP) at the School of Public Health of the University of Illinois. CeaseFire is the brainchild of Gary Slutkin, an infectious disease physician who cut his teeth in San Francisco, Somalia, Congo, and other hot spots of infectious disease throughout Africa, establishing innovative ways to stop the spread of virulent infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, AIDS, and cholera.</p> <p>Slutkin recognizes three important principles in his work with infectious diseases: They are spread by specific behaviors, local social norms fuel such behaviors, and these norms and the disease-spreading behaviors supported by the norms can be changed through the urgings of local and credible outreach workers. He also holds, particularly in the case of tuberculosis, that a small number of individuals are disproportionately responsible for the spread of the disease. When he returned from his internationalPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Urban Peace Warriors
Greene, Michael B.
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