Hospitals Against Violence
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
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The AHA鈥檚 Hospital Against Violence initiative and its American Society for Healthcare Risk Management will co-host a Feb. 15 webinar on practical strategies for promoting a safe workplace culture. For more information or to register for the 3 p.m. ET webinar, click here.
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