Hospitals Against Violence
Overview
Domestic Violence
In preparation for domestic violence issues in the hospital 鈥 whether it directly involves a patient or an employee 鈥 INTEGRIS Health has created a Threat Assessment Guide, conducted training on conflict resolution with both clinical and security staff, developed a鈥
The Oakland, Calif.-based 鈥淐aught in the Crossfire鈥 program doesn鈥檛 view at-risk youth as the cause of the violence that plagues their distressed urban communities, says program director Kyndra Simmons. Rather, she says they are the solution.
That idea spawned Caught in the Crossfire, started in鈥
In the African-American festival of Kwanzaa, Ujima is a day to celebrate collective work that builds and maintains a community.
That collective spirit inspires Project Ujima, the Children鈥檚 Hospital of Wisconsin鈥檚 effort to build and maintain a community around young victims of violence.
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鈥檚 Rx for Change violence-intervention program promotes positive alternatives to violence by helping young patients get jobs, training and鈥
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The domestic violence program of CHRISTUS St. Vincent Medical Center (CSV) domestic violence program falls into the 鈥淰iolence in the Home鈥 super priority 鈥 one of the four super priorities that were adopted by the CSV Board following the 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment (the others鈥
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Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines, in partnership with the Chrysalis Foundation and the CHI Mission and Ministry Fund developed and implemented Girl Power, an innovative violence prevention initiative serving young women ages 12 to 18. The program has been successfully implemented at five鈥
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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
San Francisco-based Dignity Health today published information on its Human Trafficking Response Program to help other hospitals and health systems implement similar programs.
In a new podcast hosted by AHA鈥檚 Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals Against Violence initiative, the director of the employee assistance program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston discusses the organization鈥檚 multidisciplinary response team for responding to鈥
Supporting and disseminating research on effective practices to prevent workplace violence in the health care and social assistance sectors would do more to advance and promote workplace safety than adopting and requiring compliance with a one-size-fits-all standard, the AHA told the Occupational鈥