This project provides specific, practical guidance about trauma-informed practice to hospital-based and hospital-linked violence intervention programs to better address violence intervention in diverse communities.   

Purpose:

• Implement trauma-informed practice as a standard to hospital-based and hospital-linked violence intervention programs
• Improve the effectiveness of health-care based violence intervention by connecting providers in a variety of settings around trauma-informed practice

Population Addressed: Programs providing violence intervention in health care settings and community organizations, particularly those programs addressing the needs of young black men.

Rationale and Relevance:

• Violence disproportionately affects urban youth of color, particularly boys and men.
• Many injured youth have a history of early childhood adversity in addition to the physical and psychological trauma of their acute injuries.
• Diverse communities often lack access to culturally appropriate trauma informed care and assessment tools, and robust linkages between hospitals, social services and community systems
• Trauma-informed evaluation and case management are critical to improving the physical and emotional health of these young people and preventing retaliation and reenactment.

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Learning Cluster Members:

• Access MobileMe Public folder
• Subscribe to group calendar
• Visit the Discussion Forum
• View Recoding of Webinar #1: Trauma Informed Care and Violence Prevention - Recognizing Hyperarousal
• View Recoding of Webinar #2: Addressing Re-experiencing & Avoidance in Victims of Urban Trauma
• View Recoding of Webinar #3: Psychological First Aid & A Public Health Approach to Trauma
• View Recording of Webinar #4: Healing Hurt People

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