Strategies for Trauma Centers to Address the Root Causes of Violence: Recommendations from the Improving Social Determinants to Attenuate Violence (ISAVE) Workgroup of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

In 1985, Surgeon General C Everett Koop held the “Workshop on Violence and Public Health.”1 His initial remarks to the attendants included the following: “Our focus will be squarely on how the health professions might provide better care for victims of violence and also how they might contribute to the prevention of violence.” He went on t o say, “It is clear that medicine, nursing, psychology, and social service professions have been slow in developing a response to violence that is integral to their daily professional life.”1 Dr Koop speculated that health professions can make a big impact, but it will require a multidisciplinar y approach and the recognition that violence is a public health issue.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - July 30, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Rochelle A. Dicker, Arielle Thomas, Eileen M. Bulger, Ronald M. Stewart, Stephanie Bonne, Tracey A. Dechert, Randi Smith, Altovise Love-Craighead, Fatimah Dreier, Meera Kotagal, Tamara Kozyckyj, Holly Michaels, ISAVE Workgroup, Members of the ISAVE Workgr Tags: Ethics Source Type: research