Hospital-based violence intervention programs save lives and money
J Purtle, R Dicker, C Cooper, T Corbin… - Journal of trauma and …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
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Injury prevention activities are a defining characteristic of the modern trauma center. 1
Violent injuryVwith a 5-year reinjury rate as high as 45% Vrepresents a priority area for
preventive intervention. 2, 3 Advances in trauma care increase the likelihood that a patient
will survive violent injury but do nothing to reduce the chances that they will be reinjured
after leaving the hospital. The recurrent nature of violent injury strains trauma systems
financially, and the absence of preventive intervention is inconsistent with trauma centers' …
Violent injuryVwith a 5-year reinjury rate as high as 45% Vrepresents a priority area for
preventive intervention. 2, 3 Advances in trauma care increase the likelihood that a patient
will survive violent injury but do nothing to reduce the chances that they will be reinjured
after leaving the hospital. The recurrent nature of violent injury strains trauma systems
financially, and the absence of preventive intervention is inconsistent with trauma centers' …
Injury prevention activities are a defining characteristic of the modern trauma center. 1 Violent injuryVwith a 5-year reinjury rate as high as 45% Vrepresents a priority area for preventive intervention. 2, 3 Advances in trauma care increase the likelihood that a patient will survive violent injury but do nothing to reduce the chances that they will be reinjured after leaving the hospital. The recurrent nature of violent injury strains trauma systems financially, and the absence of preventive intervention is inconsistent with trauma centers’ commitment to providing optimal care. Hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) offer a strategy to address these issues. HVIPs combine brief in-hospital intervention with intensive community-based case management and provide targeted services to high-risk populations to reduce risk factors for reinjury and retaliation while cultivating protective factors. Rigorous evaluations of HVIPs have demonstrated promising results in preventing violent reinjury, violent crime, and substance misuse. 4Y8 Violent injury, as a focus of HVIPs, is generally defined as any injury intentionally inflicted by another person by any mechanism, excluding family, intimate partner, and sexual violence. The latter are excluded because they generally involve different dynamics and intervention strategies.
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