Authors: Adrian Boyle / Editor: Tadgh Moriarty / Codes: / Published: 24/05/2024
This Learning Session describes the processes around Information Sharing to Tackle Community Violence. It also describes some of the responsibilities of emergency clinicians around confidentiality when looking after victims of violence.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the process and effectiveness of information sharing to tackle community violence
- Understand the responsibilities of a clinician about confidentiality when looking after a victim of violent crime
- Understand various quality improvement strategies to successfully implement information sharing to tackle violence
- Understand the public health approach to violence reduction.
References
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- Snider C, Lee J. Youth violence secondary prevention initiatives in emergency departments: a systematic review. CJEM. 2009 Mar;11(2):161-8.
- The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Best Practice Guideline. Guideline for Information Sharing to Reduce Community Violence Revised: September 2017. QEC_Guideline_Information_Sharing_to_Reduce_Community_Violence_Sept2017.pdf (rcem.ac.uk).
- Serious Violence Duty. Preventing and reducing serious violence Statutory guidance for responsible authorities. England and Wales, December 2022. Final_Serious_Violence_Duty_Statutory_Guidance_-December_2022.pdf.
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- Boyle AA, Snelling K, et al. External validation of the Cardiff model of information sharing to reduce community violence: natural experiment. Emerg Med J. 2013 Dec;30(12):1020-3.
- Florence C, Shepherd J, Brennan I, Simon T. Effectiveness of anonymised information sharing and use in health service, police, and local government partnership for preventing violence related injury: experimental study and time series analysis. BMJ. 2011 Jun 16;342:d3313.
