Community Violence

American Hospital Association content on community violence and actions hospitals and health systems can take to prevent violence in their communities.

For more information, contact Ruth Adeola, program coordinator, violence and injury prevention, at radeola@umm.edu. The HPOE guide 'Hospital Approaches to Interrupt the Cycle of Violence' includes a model for hospital-based violence intervention programs that can reduce violence, save lives and…
A new AHA guide offers hospital leaders a model for hospital-based violence intervention that can be tailored to each community's unique needs. “As the location where many victims of violence seek medical treatment, hospitals and health care systems are uniquely positioned to address violence…
Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence in their communities. Evidence shows that hospital-based violence intervention programs reduce violence, save lives and decrease health care costs.
Aggression and Violence For information on how hospitals are co