AHA launches web-based resource to help hospitals combat violence

The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative today released a web-based resource, www.aha.org/hospitalsagainstviolence, to help hospitals and health systems address violence and the toll it takes on their communities and colleagues. The webpage provides information on national, state and local efforts to help end violence in communities, and to help hospital employees cope with the impact of violence, whether at home, on the job or in their neighborhoods. On Nov. 15, the AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host its first monthly members-only webinar, which will focus on a Kansas City partnership to prevent the long-term health impacts of childhood trauma. Click here to register for the 4 p.m. ET webinar, which will include opportunities for Q&A and to share experiences from similar projects.