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Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs to Address Social Determinants of Health and Violence

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

This review seeks to help the reader understand the current state of hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) and discuss the next steps in creating a widely adaptable public health model for violence intervention.

Recent Findings

HVIPs are an emerging practice in hospitals and trauma centers. These programs employ public health principles to reduce the impact of social determinants of health on at-risk populations. To date, evaluation of these programs demonstrates increased positive intermediate outcomes and decreased recidivism.

Summary

Interest in HVIPs is growing due largely to a surge in the trauma community’s engagement in solutions to the epidemic of community violence and due to the development of a best practices HVIP model. National partnerships and organizations have become key to the dissemination of this public health model. With increased interest and positive outcomes, key stakeholders, including cities and states, are investing in the dissemination of these programs as a strategy to decrease violence, including firearm injury, in their populations.

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    1. Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA

      Stephanie Bonne

    2. Division of General Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles Geffen School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Box 956904, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA

      Rochelle A. Dicker

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    Bonne, S., Dicker, R.A. Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs to Address Social Determinants of Health and Violence. Curr Trauma Rep 6, 23–28 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40719-020-00184-9

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