Cancer is a leading threat to medically underserved individuals, particularly racial and sexual minorities. In Cleveland, Ohio, late-stage cancer diagnosis is an urgent public health crisis.

Founded in 1971, Community Health Interventions and Sickle Cell Agency, Inc. (formerly Operation Sickle Cell, Inc.) is one of the oldest community-based organizations in the nation serving individuals ...

The American Hospital Association released its last Hospitals Against Violence Advisory Group guidelines. The guidelines focus on community-based violence interventions. The guidelines, titled ...

Community-based violence intervention programs have proved to reduce homicides and shootings. In order to respond to gun violence and address its root causes, communities most affected are banding ...

Gun violence is rising across the country—in big cities and rural communities, in red states and blue ones. Especially hard hit are Black communities and other communities of color that have ...

Violence is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States and abroad, with far-reaching consequences for individuals and communities. Interventions that address environmental and social ...

Community violence intervention programs are a critical part of a comprehensive approach to reduce the impact of rising gun violence on youth and in U.S. communities. According to a recent Sentencing ...

This approach supports the community’s self-determination and capacity, has a long-term impact and results in less dependency on external actors and has proved that resources available will be used ...

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Primary care–based social interventions offer an important means to mitigate threats to individual and community health posed by adverse social conditions. Effective interventions include those that ...

Most health systems consider mental health therapy as an individualised form of medicine, but community mental health approaches could make therapy more accessible to people and create communities of ...

Mumbai: A four-year study of around 4,000 women from slums in Wadala and Kurla has shown that instances of domestic violence dipped significantly after interventions by people within the local ...