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Community responses to violence

B A Elliott1

  • 1Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Primary Care
|June 1, 1993
PubMed
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Community-level violence reduction efforts are effective. Multidisciplinary councils coordinating services like law enforcement and healthcare can prevent violence, assist families, and protect victims.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Sociology
  • Criminology

Background:

  • Community-level interventions are crucial for violence reduction.
  • These efforts aim to prevent risk escalation, assist families, and protect abuse victims.
  • Collaboration among community groups is essential to address risk factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the effectiveness of community-level efforts in violence reduction.
  • To outline the goals and necessary components of successful community interventions.
  • To emphasize the role of physicians in preventing and intervening in violence.

Main Methods:

  • Establishing multidisciplinary community councils or boards.
  • Identifying leaders representing all disciplines and geographic areas.

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  • Developing baseline information and strategic plans for intervention programs.
  • Engaging media and organizations for program support.
  • Documenting successful projects involving public and private agency coalitions.

    • Main Results:

    • Community-level interventions effectively reduce violence.
    • Coordinated services involving law enforcement, schools, therapists, courts, childcare, and social services are vital.
    • Physicians play an integral role in prevention, intervention, and community leadership.

    Conclusions:

    • Integrated, community-led programs are most effective in violence reduction.
    • Multidisciplinary collaboration and physician involvement are key to success.
    • Successful strategies involve coalitions of public and private agencies.