Educational Tools/Resources

• American College of Surgeons Bulletin. Violence Intervention Programs. A primer on how to develop and sustain a program. 2017. ACS primer on HVIPs development.
• The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI). Leading founding organization of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs. Provides guiding principles and practices of HVIPS and connects Violence Intervention Programs while promoting equity for victims of violence. The HAVI guiding principles.
• ACS Bulletin. Resources to Firearm Survey, consensus strategy on Firearm Violence, and Violence Intervention Primer. 2019. https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/advocacy/ipc

Reports/Publications

• Hospital-based Violence Intervention: an Emerging Practice Based on Public Health Principles. R.A. Dicker, et al. 2016. HVIPs – emerging practice based on public health methods.
• Generating a Core Set of Outcomes for Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs. W.J. Monopoli, et al. 2018. Outcome measures for HVIPs.
• Understanding the Makeup of a Growing Field: A Committee on Trauma Survey of the National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs. S. Bonne, et al. 2022. ACS-COT survey of NNHVIP programs.
• Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs Save Lives and Money. J. Purtle, et al. 2013. HVIPs save lives and money.
• Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs Work. C. Cooper, et al. 2006. Description of HVIPs that work. 
• National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (Now, The HAVI). Connects and supports hospital-based, community-linked violence intervention programs to promote trauma-informed care for communities impacted by violence. 2018. NNHVIPs/The HAVI and trauma-informed care.

Links to Other Resources

• Using data to strengthen hospital-based violence intervention. J. Brown. 2021. Strengthen HVIPs.
• AAMC leads letter in support of funding Violence Intervention Programs. J. Kleinman. 2021. AAMC funding support for HVIPs.
• Violence is Preventable: A best practices guide for launching and sustaining a hospital-based program to break the cycle of violence. Best practice guide for HVIPS.
• Violence Intervention Programs. EVERYTOWN for gun safety. EVERYTOWN research for violence intervention programs. \
• Comparison of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs to Cure Violence Global model. Fact Sheet - HVIPS vs Cure Violence Global.pdf