AHA issue brief examines community violence intervention
AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative Oct. 17 released its final issue brief in a series examining the four pillars of Building a Safe Workplace and Community framework. The fourth issue brief explores community violence intervention practices. It offers tools and strategies to help hospitals and health systems foster collaboration with community partners to prevent ongoing or future incidents of violence. The three previous briefs examined culture of safety, mitigation of risk and trauma support. LEARN MORE
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