Street and Gang Violence
Youth violence is a significant public health problem that affects thousands of young people each day and in turn, their families, schools, and communities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, youth violence can take different forms including fights, bullying, threats with…
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).
Regional One Health in Memphis, Tenn., is showing young victims of knife and gunshot wounds that there are ways to escape the cycle of violence.
The hospital’s Rx for Change violence-intervention program promotes positive alternatives to violence by helping young patients get jobs, training and…
Speaker: Colleen Scanlon, senior vice president/chief advocacy officer with Catholic Health Initiatives. Colleen explains her hospital system’s long-standing commitment to combating violence in the communities it serves.
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As a steward of its community’s health, North Philadelphia’s Temple University Hospital knows it is uniquely positioned to address the public health crisis posed by gun violence.
Temple University Hospital wants to slow the rate of Philadelphia street killings by helping teenagers understand the gritty reality of gun violence.
Its “Cradle to Grave” program immerses at-risk youth in the last 15 minutes of the life of a 16-year-old boy named Lamont Adams. In 2004, he was…
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Healing Hurt People (HHP), the cornerstone program of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, recognizes that victims of violence often have physical and mental health consequences that go untreated. HHP offers a hospital-based trauma-informed intervention to address both the…
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John Muir Health (JMH) recognizes the role violence plays in the health of communities and individuals caught in the cycle of violence. The Beyond Violence program is a hospital-based violence intervention program that aims to promote community health by intervening at the critical and…