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.
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Ouachita County Medical Center (OCMC) recognizes the impact that violence has on the health of communities and individuals. Violence that is the result of bullying is prevalent in today鈥檚 society. Bullying does not discriminate based upon age, race, gender, ethnicities or socioeconomic鈥
Darius Irvin grew up in violent neighborhoods in Oakland and San Francisco. Nearly three years ago, he was rushed to the San Francisco General Hospital鈥檚 emergency department with nine gunshot wounds.
The AHA鈥檚 Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host an April 26 webinar on a hospital-led effort to prevent violence in Chicago. Rebecca Levin, strategic director of the Injury Prevention and Research Center at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children鈥檚 Hospital, will share lessons learned from鈥
In a new podcast hosted by AHA鈥檚 Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals Against Violence initiative, Carilion Clinic Chief Medical Officer Patrice Weiss, M.D., shares how the Roanoke, VA, health care organization is working with others in the community to prevent child abuse and domestic鈥
This webinar explored the problem of human trafficking, identified approaches health care organizations can adopt to address human trafficking and provided case examples of hospitals leading the field in human trafficking prevention.
The AHA鈥檚 Hospitals Against Violence initiative will host a March 23 webinar on how hospitals and health systems can help prevent human trafficking. The free webinar will explore the problem of human trafficking, approaches health care organizations can adopt to address human trafficking and鈥
As a steward of its community鈥檚 health, North Philadelphia鈥檚 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 鈥淐radle to Grave鈥 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鈥
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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鈥
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Domestic violence is a major public health concern that affects four to six million relationships each year in the United States. When victims are restricted and controlled by their abuser, one of the few places they are able to go is to their health care provider. For this reason, health鈥