MODULE 15: Violence (Under Review 10/9/23)

Module Presentation

CORE:

A. Community Violence

CORE:

B. Firearm Violence

CORE:

C. Human Trafficking

ADDITIONAL: 

D. IPV

ADDITIONAL: 

E. Sexual Assault

Learning Objectives

  1. Learn approaches to utilizing trauma informed / patient centered principals during patient care & documentation.

  2. Develop a framework for evaluating & managing cases of human trafficking in the health care setting. 

  3. Identify where to find available resources.

  1. Describe the demographics of patients most affected by violence in their population and/or community 

  2. Describe the different types of interpersonal violence and risk factors for injury and recidivism

  3. Describe how the acute care setting can be a unique setting to interrupt the downstream impacts of violence injury and re-injury

  4. Identify resources on a departmental, regional, and national level that can address violence in the acute care setting

  5. Reports having recognized community violence as an important social determinant of health for at least one patient encounter per month

Literature Review

Textbooks

Sampson RJ, Wilson WJ. Toward a Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality. In: Hagan J, Peterson R, editors. Crime and Inequality. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press; 1995.

Rosen’s Texbook of EM (Chapter)

Social EM Textbook (Alter)

Articles

  • Community violence: a meta-analysis on the effect of exposure and mental health outcomes of children and adolescents. (10.1017/S0954579409000145)

  • Witnessing community violence in residential neighborhoods: a mental health hazard for urban women.

  • The role of psychobiological pathways in socio-economic inequalities in cardiovascular disease risk

  • Socioeconomic status and injury mortality: individual and neighbourhood determinants 

  • A multilevel analysis of the socio-spatial pattern of assault injuries in greater Vancouver, British Columbia

  • Income inequality and population health: a review and explanation of the evidence

  • Block observations of neighbourhood physical disorder are associated with neighbourhood crime, firearm injuries and deaths, and teen births

  • Changes in outlet densities affect violence rates

  • A longitudinal analysis of alcohol outlet density and assault

  • Alcohol availability and intimate partner violence among US couples

  • Trauma Recidivism and Mortality Following Violent Injuries in Young Adults

Paired Resources

FOAMED

IDHEAL Violence Intervention Module

Assessments

Under Review