Community Violence
黑料正能量 Association content on community violence and actions hospitals and health systems can take to prevent violence in their communities.
What is it?
Let the Youth Lead the Way is one of four programs in The MetroHealth System鈥檚 Community Health Advocacy Initiative. The initiative is designed to address health disparities and improve the health status of local residents by engaging community members. This particular project engages鈥
A recent New York Times article on the changing nature of health care facility security 鈥渉ighlights the challenge that hospitals face daily both to serve our patients and protect the dedicated men and women who care for them 24/7,鈥 Pam Thompson, chief nursing officer and senior vice president鈥
What is it?
Harborview is testing an innovative approach to gun violence patterned on alcohol and substance abuse interventions. After clinical staff treat patients鈥 gunshot wounds, social workers interview them and begin to address high-risk behaviors. Following discharge, a case manager is鈥
What is it?
Project Ujima is a multidisciplinary collaboration addressing youth and adult violence in Milwaukee using individual, family and community intervention and prevention strategies.
Pamela Thompson, CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives, will introduce AONE's recently released toolkit for mitigating violence in the health care workplace and discuss the implications for leadership practice. Stephen Leff, co-director of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's鈥
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鈥
A new AHA guide offers hospital leaders a model for hospital-based violence intervention that can be tailored to each community's unique needs. 鈥淎s the location where many victims of violence seek medical treatment, hospitals and health care systems are uniquely positioned to address violence鈥
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 ViolenceFor information on how hospitals are combating violence, visit: www.aha.org/HospitalsAgainstViolence