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“I got you”: the work of a Violence Interrupter

Public Health Insider

Gun violence prevention takes a community of people looking out for each other. In this comic strip, we go behind the scenes to see how a community member works to prevent violence in his King County neighborhood.

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Shots fired: On the scene with a violence interrupter

Public Health Insider

In the second comic strip in our series on gun violence prevention, we see violence interrupters responding to a shooting. The post Shots fired: On the scene with a violence interrupter appeared first on PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER.

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Addressing childhood abuse could prevent firearm violence later in life

Association of Health Care Journalists

Prevention strategies Preventing child abuse is also an effective gun violence prevention strategy, Heldman said during the Children’s Advocacy Institute webinar. Domestic violence in particular is predictive of violent crime, Heldman said.

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Hospital gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in US funding crossfire

News Medical Health Sciences

Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot.

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How to cover community violence interventions

Association of Health Care Journalists

Hospital-based interventions also use the credible messenger approach to work with gun violence victims and their families to deter them from retaliation and connect them to social services. Cure Violence works nationally and internationally and is a valuable source of information on gun violence prevention.

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BCHC urges Congress to maximize FY25 CDC funding for public health infrastructure and key programs

Big Cities Health Coalition

The letter requests $697 million for the National Immunization Program to modernize immunization systems, $508 million for opioid overdose prevention, and $12.5 million for gun violence prevention research.

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New Jobs and Internships in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Maternal Health Task Force

Africa Job Organization Location (Country) Programme Specialist, P-3, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Branch UNFPA Nairobi Programme Analyst, Gender/GBV- Re-advertised UNFPA Gambia Associate, Community Health Systems CHAI Zimbabwe Program Manager, Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health (SRMNH) CHAI Lethoso National consultant to (..)