Hospitals Against Violence
Means Matter: How Hospitals Can Partner with Gun Owners to Prevent Firearm Suicide
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Advancing Racial Equity through Public Health Approaches to Community Violence
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
2 - 3 p.m. Eastern; 1 - 2 p.m. Central; 11 a.m. 鈥 12 p.m. Pacific
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Detroit Life is Valuable Everyday (DLIVE) was created to address a significant medical issue in its commu-nity: Homicide is the number one cause of death for Detroit residents ages 15 to 34, and violent injury recurrence rates have been reported to be as high as 30 to 45 percent at several trauma鈥
June 5 is the fourth annual Hospitals Against Violence Hope (#HAVhope) Friday.
The National Center for Health Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics are surveying hospitals by telephone through April 6 to develop a comprehensive list of hospital-based services and programs for victims of crime and/or abuse.
On this Advancing Health podcast from AHA鈥檚 Hospitals Against Violence initiative, Megan Ranney, M.D., co-founder and chief research officer of AFFIRM, talks about the importance of research and a public health approach to help end firearm violence.
The AHA, through its Hospitals Against Violence initiative, has launched a new webpage to support hospitals and health systems' efforts on this issue.
Gun Violence Prevention resources.
鈥淗uman trafficking exists all around us.鈥 That鈥檚 a quote from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar during his visit to Atlanta this week to meet with human trafficking victims.