Community Violence
American Hospital Association content on community violence and actions hospitals and health systems can take to prevent violence in their communities.
Violence in our communities is a serious public health issue, and as such, it is of great concern to hospitals that care for victims of violence and also prepare for possible mass events. While a review of prior research shows that numerous efforts from a range of perspectives have been made to…
We talk a lot about how health insurance coverage improves people’s health and increases their financial security. But health coverage also seems to help fight crime.
Jacob Vogler, a PhD, economics student at the University of Illinois, tracked figures from the FBI Uniform Crime Reports and the…
Each community’s capacity to prevent violence varies on the community members’ level of engagement and the support from law enforcement and other government entities. The University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute along with some of their community partners worked together…
The American Hospital Association's Hospitals Against Violence initiative invites you to an upcoming webinar on how hospitals and health systems can take a lead in convening community stakeholders and citizens to combat escalating violence.
The American Hospital Association's Hospitals Against Violence initiative invites you to this webinar to learn how hospitals and health systems can help to combat community violence using Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (HVIPs).
Hospitals don’t need to be the last link in the violence chain and simply patch up victims, says Dannielle Gilyan, Eskenazi Health’s injury prevention coordinator in Indianapolis, Ind. Like her organization, she says they can work in their communities to prevent people from ever becoming victims of…
The AHA and its Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation invites you to join your colleagues on a webinar as they highlight their experiences.
Washington Heights, a community impacted by 770 cases of domestic violence a day, now has the Family PEACE (Preventing Early Adverse Childhood Experiences) Trauma Treatment Center to help break the cycle of violence. Located at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the center not only provides…
Cleveland-based Metro Health’s trauma center doesn’t just treat a patient’s gunshot wounds. It also helps the patient avoid getting hurt again.
The health system has partnered with a number of Cleveland social service agencies to counsel victims of gun violence and connect them with services to…
Community violence cost U.S. hospitals and health systems an estimated $2.7 billion in 2016, according to a new report prepared for the AHA by Milliman.