Research Question
What perceived challenges do residents of South Jersey encounter when trying to access violence-related services in their community?
Project Goals
• To identify and categorize factors preventing community members from accessing local violence-related services (e.g., medical care, law enforcement, and social services).
• To raise awareness among service providers about the barriers preventing community members from accessing violence-related support.
• To collaborate with local stakeholders to create actionable strategies that address the identified barriers and improve service delivery.
My Role
• Protocol design
• IRB approval
• Participant recruitment, enrollment, and consent
• Site approval
• Data collection and analysis
Research Method
• Semi-structured focus groups and interviews with residents of South Jersey
• Inductive coding using MAXQDA24
Progress to Date
• Completed 25% of data collection
• Started data analysis
Preliminary Findings
Forthcoming
Collaborators
• Jiayin Luo (Community Partnership Coordinator, Montclair State University)
• Katheryne Pugliese (Ph.D. Candidate, John Jay College - CUNY)
• Nicholas Lozano (Medical Student, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine)
• Sheetal Ranjan, Ph.D. (Professor of Justice Studies and Sociology, Montclair State University)
