/ en Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:55:44 -0500 Tue, 08 Apr 25 15:43:46 -0500 /role-hospitals-intermountain-health-partners-ad-council-address-firearm-injuries-among-youth <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-9"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-04/ths-agree-to-agree-700x532.jpg" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="Intermountain Health partners with Ad Council to address firearm injuries among youth. Agree to Agree poster shows two men talking" width="700" height="532"></p></div><p>For the past three years, firearm injuries have been the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 17 in the United States. In response, the Ad Council, in partnership with Intermountain Health and a coalition of health care and business leaders, launched the social impact program "<a href="https://agreetoagree.org/" target="_blank">Agree to Agree</a>," an initiative to reduce gun-related tragedies affecting children and teens. The program focuses on the full spectrum of firearm injuries, including suicides, intentional and unintentional shootings.</p><p>“Over the past year, Intermountain caregivers have done extensive work in the areas of suicide prevention and gun safety,” said Rob Allen, president and chief executive officer of Intermountain Health. “By raising awareness and offering training and resources, we help to both save lives and remove the stigma around conversations on gun safety and mental health.”</p><p>Intermountain Health has been actively working to protect communities by distributing nearly 67,000 free firearm locks and increasing access to mental health resources. The "Agree to Agree" campaign focuses on the idea that gun owners and non-gun owners can agree that firearms should not be the leading cause of death for children and teens. The campaign includes public safety announcements for parents and health care professionals, directing them to resources on how to prevent firearm injuries and have supportive conversations about gun safety and mental health.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://news.intermountainhealth.org/intermountain-health-joins-initiative-to-curb-impact-of-firearm-injuries-and-deaths-on-americas-youth/">LEARN MORE</a></p></div></div><div class="col-md-3"><div><h4>Resources on the Role of Hospitals</h4><ul><li><a href="/community-benefit">Benefiting Communities</a></li><li><a href="/roleofhospitals">All Case Studies</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div> Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:43:46 -0500 Community Violence /news/headline/2024-10-17-aha-issue-brief-examines-community-violence-intervention <p>AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative Oct. 17 released its final issue brief in a series examining the four pillars of Building a Safe Workplace and Community framework. The <a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/10/issue-brief-building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-community-violence-intervention-october-2024.pdf">fourth issue brief</a> explores community violence intervention practices. It offers tools and strategies to help hospitals and health systems foster collaboration with community partners to prevent ongoing or future incidents of violence. The three previous briefs examined culture of safety, mitigation of risk and trauma support. <a href="/hospitals-against-violence-havhope"><strong>LEARN MORE </strong></a><br> </p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:04:48 -0500 Community Violence /issue-brief/2024-10-15-issue-brief-building-safe-workplace-and-community-community-violence-intervention <div class="container row"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><h2>Introduction</h2><p>The ���������� Association’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) Advisory Group developed the Building a Safe Workplace and Community <a href="/system/files/media/file/2021/10/building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-framework-for-hospitals-and-health-systems.pdf" target="_blank" title="Building a Safe Workplace and Community framework">framework</a> to guide health care leaders in their efforts to prevent and mitigate violence. The framework focuses on four pillars necessary for implementing a comprehensive violence mitigation strategy: culture of safety, violence intervention, trauma support and risk mitigation. For each pillar, the advisory group developed an issue brief.</p><p>View the detailed report below.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="/system/files/media/file/2024/10/issue-brief-building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-community-violence-intervention-october-2024.pdf"><strong>Download the PDF</strong></a><br> </p><p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2024/10/issue-brief-building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-community-violence-intervention-october-2024.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-10/cover-issue-brief-community-violence-intervention-october-2024-765-px.png" alt="Issue Brief Cover" width="765" height="989"></a></p></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 22:53:55 -0500 Community Violence /news/headline/2024-06-26-surgeon-general-issues-advisory-firearm-violence <p>U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., June 25 released an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250121233251/https:/www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/firearm-violence-advisory.pdf" target="_blank" title="Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory
2024.">advisory</a> on firearm violence, declaring it a public health crisis in America. The advisory noted the disproportionate impact of firearm violence on children and communities of color and called for an evidence-based approach comprising of greater investments in research, implementing prevention strategies, and increased access to mental health services and support. The AHA and community leaders on June 6 participated in a White House convening about gun violence and highlighted hospitals’ role on the front lines in treating victims of gun violence, implementing hospital-based violence intervention programs and operating gun safety initiatives. </p> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:45:46 -0500 Community Violence /public-health-approach-to-addressing-gun-violence <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-12"><div><header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-04/public-heaalth-approach-to-gun-violence-banner-text.jpg" alt="Banner Image" width="1200" height="300"><div> </div></header></div><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><p><a href="/hospitals-against-violence-havhope" target="_blank" title="Hospitals Against Violence Page"><span><strong>Hospitals Against Violence</strong></span></a><strong> | Addressing Gun Violence</strong></p><p>Hospitals and health systems have a mission of treating patients, healing communities and saving lives. Every day, hospitals and health systems across the country respond to the injuries caused by gun violence. Care teams experience firsthand the crippling effects of gun violence as they care for victims. They also are the ones delivering difficult news to families and comforting them during these heart-wrenching moments.</p><p>As places of healing, hope, safety and security, hospitals and health systems have an important role to play to ensure that communities and workplaces are safe. To that end, the AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence Initiative developed and curated resources and insights to advance the field’s efforts to combat the public health challenge of gun violence.</p><p>We welcome you to reach out to us at <a href="mailto:HospitalsAgainstViolence@aha.org" target="_blank" title="Hospitals Against Violence email">HospitalsAgainstViolence@aha.org</a> to let us know about the great work you’re doing to combat gun violence from a public health approach. Additional resources and information can be found on AHA’s <a href="/aha-clear" target="_blank" title="Clear Web page">Convening Leaders for Emergency and Response</a> (CLEAR) page.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><h4 class="text-align-center"><span>Featured Resources</span></h4><div class="CALLOUT"><h4 class="text-align-center"><span>Podcast: The Role of Firearm Safety </span><br><span>in Preventing Suicide</span></h4><p>Dr. Emmy Betz, director of the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, joins Laura Castellanos, associate director, Hospitals Against Violence, AHA, to explore the connections between firearms and suicide, and what hospitals and healthcare systems need to know about firearm suicide prevention. </p><div><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/advancing-health-podcast/2022-09-28-role-firearm-safety-preventing-suicide" data-view-context="top-level-view">Listen to Podcast</a></div>.CALLOUT { margin: 0 0 25px; overflow: 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href="https://ahahealthforum.adobeconnect.com/p3iflfdjutta/ " target="_blank">Advancing Racial Equity through Public Health Approaches to Community Violence</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR86Ahni0_8" target="_blank" title="Video">Understanding the Biopsychosocial Aspects of Violence Involving Firearms</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrNNoqmqcKE" target="_parent">The Role of Public Health Research in Gun Violence Prevention Webinar</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="col-md-4"><div class="module"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-02/podcasts-icon-public-health-approac-addressing-gun-violence.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="Podcast icon" width="400" height="276"></p><h4><a>PODCASTS</a></h4><ul type="circle"><li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/final-northwell-cohens-childrens-gun-violence-prevention-mixdown" target="_blank" title="Podcast">Cost of Gun Violence to Hospitals with Northwell Health’s Center for Gun Violence Prevention</a></li><li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/gun-violence-research-what-comes-next" target="_blank">Using gun violence research to prevent injuries, deaths</a></li><li><a href="/advancing-health-podcast/2022-09-28-role-firearm-safety-preventing-suicide " target="_blank" title="Advancing Health Podcast">The Role of Firearm Safety in Preventing Suicide</a></li></ul><p> </p></div></div><div class="col-md-4"><div class="module"><p><a href="/physicians/webinars/library"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-02/news-blogs-icon-public-health-approach-addressing-gun-violence.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="AHA News Articles/Blog icon" width="400" height="281"></a></p><h4><a>AHA NEWS ARTICLES/BLOG </a></h4><ul type="circle"><li><a href="/news/headline/2023-09-22-white-house-establishes-gun-violence-prevention-office" target="_blank" title="Gun Violence Prevention Office">White House establishes gun violence prevention office</a></li><li><a href="/news/headline/2023-02-28-hospital-leaders-others-convene-prevent-gun-violence-public-health-emergency" target="_blank">Hospital leaders, others convene to prevent gun violence as a public health emergency</a></li><li><a href="/news/headline/2023-01-27-kaiser-permanente-commits-25m-center-gun-violence-injury-prevention" download="file" target="_blank" title="News Article">Kaiser Permanente commits $25M to center for gun violence injury prevention</a></li><li><a href="/news/blog/2022-06-10-reducing-gun-violence" target="_blank" title="Reducing Gun Violence Blog">Blog: Reducing Gun Violence</a> </li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-md-3"><div class="module"><p><a href="/hospitals-against-violence/active-shooter-incidents-health-care-settings" target="_blank" title="Active Shooter Web page"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-02/hav-web-icon-active-shooter.png " data-entity-uuid 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target="_blank" title="Supporting Victims and Communities Web Page"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-02/hav-web-icon-community-mass-violence.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="Supporting Victims and Communities of Mass Violence icon" width="400" height="400"></a></p><h4><a href="/2020-06-05-supporting-victims-and-communities-mass-violence-incidents" target="_blank" title="External Resources and Contacts ">SUPPORTING VICTIMS AND COMMUNITIES OF MASS VIOLENCE INCIDENTS</a></h4><p> </p></div></div><div class="col-md-3"><div class="module"><p><a href="/hospitals-against-violence" target="_blank" title="HAV Hope web page"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-02/hav-hope-public-health-approach-icon.jpg" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="HAVhope icon" width="770" height="731"></a></p><h4><a href="/hospitals-against-violence" target="_blank" title="#HAVhope">#HAVhope</a></h4></div></div></div></div><p> </p><div class="container row"><div class="row"><div class="hu 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The campaign’s broadcast, <a href="https://www.northwell.edu/news/the-latest/national-gun-safety-movement-addresses-firearm-access-safety-measures" target="_blank" title="Print and digital tools" rel="noopener nofollow">print and digital</a> public service messages and <a href="https://www.hospitalsunited.com/" target="_blank" title="Hospitals United Website" rel="noopener nofollow">website</a> highlight that access to unlocked guns can lead to death, suicide and gun violence, making it more likely that children die from guns than cancer or automobile accidents. The website provides tips on how to have a conversation with other parents about safely stored firearms and encourages parents and caregivers to normalize this conversation.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div> @media (min-width:768px){ .hu img{ position: absolute; left: -25px; width: 250px; /* height: 125px; */ display: inline-block; float: left; top: 25px; } .hu p{ margin-left: 225px; } } @media (max-width:767px){ .hu { margin:50px } .hu img{ width:100%; max-width:300px; margin:auto; display:block } .hu p{ clear:both; margin-left: 0px; } } </div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:08:02 -0600 Community Violence /news/headline/2024-01-11-report-hrsa-should-classify-essential-certain-health-care-services-related-intimate-partner-violence <p>The Health Resources and Services Administration should classify as essential 15 health care services related to intimate partner violence, including forensic medical exams; emergency and reproductive care; screening for sexually transmitted infections and substance use disorders; primary, specialty and mental health care; support services; and dental care, according to a <a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/sustaining-essential-health-care-services-related-to-intimate-partner-violence-during-public-health-emergencies">report</a> released Jan. 11 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. HRSA’s Office of Women’s Health asked the study committee to identify essential health care services for women related to intimate partner violence and strategies to sustain access to those services during public health emergencies. </p> Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:19:50 -0600 Community Violence /community-violence <div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-12"><div><header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-11/HAV-community-violence-lp-banner-w-text.jpg" alt="Community Violence. Hospitals Against Violence. Banner Image" width="1200" height="300"><div><br><span><strong>Hospitals Against Violence</strong></span> | Community Violence</div></header><p><br>Community violence is a serious issue that affects many people across the United States. The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) initiative is dedicated to ending violence in our communities and helping hospital employees manage the impact of violence, whether at home, on the job, or in their neighborhoods.</p><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-sm-12"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/combating-human-trafficking" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/hav-web-icon-human-trafficking-globe-231.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="Combatting Human Trafficking Icon" width="233" height="233"></a></p><h4><a href="/combating-human-trafficking" target="_blank"><span>Combatting Human Trafficking</span></a></h4></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/2020-06-05-supporting-victims-and-communities-mass-violence-incidents" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/hav-web-icon-community-mass-violence-231.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type="file" alt="Workplace and workforce violence icon" width="233" height="233"></a></p><h4><a href="/2020-06-05-supporting-victims-and-communities-mass-violence-incidents" target="_blank"><span>Supporting Victims and Communities</span></a><br><a href="/2020-06-05-supporting-victims-and-communities-mass-violence-incidents" target="_blank"><span>of Mass Violence Incidents</span></a></h4></div><div class="col-md-4"><p><a href="/public-health-approach-to-addressing-gun-violence" target="_blank" title="Public Health approach to addressing gun violence"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-12/hav-web-icon-public-health-gun-231_1.png" data-entity-uuid data-entity-type alt="Addressing Gun Violence Icon" width="233" height="233"></a></p><h4><a href="/public-health-approach-to-addressing-gun-violence" target="_blank"><span>Public Health Approach to Addressing Gun Violence</span></a><br> </h4></div></div><div class="row spacer"><h2 class="text-align-center"><span>Featured Resource</span></h2><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-xs-1 col-sm-1 col-md-2 col-lg-2"> </div><div class="col-xs-10 col-sm-10 col-md-8 col-lg-8 sp_Resource1_holder"><div class="col-xs-3 col-sm-4 col-md-4"><a href="/2023-10-23-building-safe-workplace-and-community" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-10/cover-building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-repot-oct-2023.png" alt="Providing Trauma Support to Your Workforce Following an Incident or Threat of Violence Cover" width="514" height="666"></a></div><div class="col-xs-9 col-sm-8 col-md-8"><p><span><span>Issue Brief</span></span></p><h2>Trauma Support</h2><p>This issue brief examines trauma support for hospital and health system team members. It was developed from discussions the HAV Advisory Group had with the Medical University of South Carolina’s National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC) team about the challenges and opportunities to provide trauma support to health care workers following an incident or threat of violence.</p><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/2023-10-23-building-safe-workplace-and-community" data-view-context="top-level-view">Learn More</a></p></div></div></div></div></div>.sp_Resource1_holder{ background-color: #f7f8fb; padding-top: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; overflow: auto; } .sp_Resource1 .sp_Resource1_holder img{ padding-bottom: 15px } @media (max-width:768px) and (min-width:340px){ .sp_Resource1 .sp_Resource1_holder .col-xs-3{ width: 40%; } .sp_Resource1 .sp_Resource1_holder .col-xs-9{ width: 60%; } } @media (max-width:500px) and (min-width:361px){ .sp_Resource1 .sp_Resource1_holder img{ margin: auto; display: block; margin-left: 100%; } .sp_Resource1 .sp_Resource1_holder.col-xs-3{ width: 100%; } .sp_Resource1 .sp_Resource1_holder .col-xs-9{ width: 100%; } } @media (max-width:360px){ .sp_Resource1 .sp_Resource1_holder img{ margin: auto; display: block } .sp_Resource1 .sp_Resource1_holder .col-xs-3{ width: 100%; max-width: 150px; margin-left: calc(50% - 75px); margin-right: } .sp_Resource1 .sp_Resource1_holder .col-xs-9{ width: 100%; padding: 0 25px } .icontext {font-color: #000000; } </div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:04:05 -0600 Community Violence <div class="container row"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-8"><p>In 2021, the ���������� Association’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) Advisory Group developed the Building a Safe Workplace and Community <a href="/system/files/media/file/2021/10/building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-framework-for-hospitals-and-health-systems.pdf" target="_blank">framework</a> to guide health care leaders in their efforts to prevent and mitigate violence. The framework focuses on four pillars necessary for implementing a comprehensive violence mitigation strategy: culture of safety, violence intervention, trauma support and risk mitigation. For each domain, the advisory group develops an issue brief to examine that area of focus.</p><p>This issue brief examines trauma support for hospital and health system team members. It was developed from discussions the HAV Advisory Group had with the Medical University of South Carolina’s <span>National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center (NMVVRC)</span> team about the challenges and opportunities to provide trauma support to health care workers following an incident or threat of violence.</p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-repot-oct-2023.png" data-entity-uuid="92d2c11b-e4e0-40d9-b988-e5d501f71eaf" data-entity-type="file" alt="Building a Safe Work Place and Community Image" width="501" height="516" class="align-center"><p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/10/building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-repot-oct-2023.pdf" target="_blank"><span><em><strong>Download the Full PDF</strong></em></span></a></p></div><div class="col-md-4"><div class="panel module-typeC"><div class="panel-body"><a href="/system/files/media/file/2023/10/building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-repot-oct-2023.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-10/cover-building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-repot-oct-2023.png" width="514" height="666" alt="Building a Safe Workplace and Community: Providing Trauma Support to Your Workforce Following an Incident or Threat of Violence cover."></a><div><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="/system/files/media/file/2023/10/building-a-safe-workplace-and-community-repot-oct-2023.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click here to download the Building a Safe Workplace and Community: Providing Trauma Support to Your Workforce Following an Incident or Threat of Violence issue brief PDF.">Download the PDF</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 23 Oct 2023 22:38:16 -0500 Community Violence /news/headline/2023-09-22-white-house-establishes-gun-violence-prevention-office <p>President Biden Sept. 22 <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/21/president-joe-biden-to-establish-first-ever-white-house-office-of-gun-violence-prevention-to-be-overseen-by-vice-president-kamala-harris/" target="_blank">established</a> the first White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to reduce gun violence. Vice President Harris will oversee the new office, which she said “will play a critical role in implementing President Biden’s and my efforts to reduce violence to the fullest extent under the law, while also engaging and encouraging Congressional leaders, state and local leaders, and advocates to come together to build upon the meaningful progress that we have made to save lives.”<br />  <br /> The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence <a href="/hospitals-against-violence/human-trafficking/workplace-violence" target="_blank">initiative</a> offers resources to help hospitals and health systems advance safe workplaces and communities, including through a public health approach to addressing <a href="/public-health-approach-addressing-gun-violence" target="_blank">gun violence</a>.</p> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:13:29 -0500 Community Violence /news/headline/2023-01-27-kaiser-permanente-commits-25m-center-gun-violence-injury-prevention <p>Kaiser Permanente, an integrated health care provider based in California, yesterday committed $25 million over five years to expand its recently established <a href="https://about.kaiserpermanente.org/news/expanding-gun-violence-prevention-efforts">center</a> to prevent gun injuries and death through care innovation, research, education and partnership. The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, which fosters hospital-based violence intervention programs and whose members include the AHA, will help coordinate the center’s work. <br />  <br /> “Kaiser Permanente has already seen the promising results of collaborative, community-based support for gun violence prevention, and we know we can take this work even further,” said Bechara Choucair, M.D., senior vice president and chief health officer at Kaiser Permanente. “We’re excited about the role HAVI will play in connecting Kaiser Permanente’s clinical focus with its deep expertise in community-based violence prevention as we pursue a healthier future.”</p> Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:04:00 -0600 Community Violence