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Apr 7, 2022 · Domestic abuse, also known as domestic violence, is a serious public health issue that affects individuals and families across the globe. The public health effects of domestic abuse can be significant and long-lasting, with survivors experiencing a range of physical and mental health consequences. The AMA is committed to reducing the culture of violence and domestic …
Tips to help you ID intimate partner violence via telehealth
Oct 28, 2021 · Patients who need help can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE (7233). They also can text LOVEIS to 22522 or log onto thehotline.org for more discreet options. The Urban Resource Institute, based in New York City, offers these safety planning tips to share with patients experiencing IPV.
Systems approach can improve intimate-partner violence screening
Aug 11, 2017 · “One of the ways to improve health outcomes, decrease the very high rates of obesity, hypertension, depression, poor education outcomes and chronic disease is to implement domestic-violence screening,” said Dr. McCaffree. Knowing why to pursue this screening and knowing how best to do it are, of course, two separate questions.
Preventing violence - American Medical Association
While yearly domestic violence rates have dropped dramatically by 64% from 1993 to 2010, and the number of individuals killed by an intimate partner declined 26% for women and 48% for men between 1993 and 2012, domestic violence remains a critical problem in the United States. The AMA recognizes that more work must take place.
Physicians to high court: Keep firearms out of abusers’ hands
Sep 27, 2023 · The man was not allowed access to a firearm after a Texas state court found that he committed family violence and then imposed a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO). The man violated that order, threatening another woman with a firearm and participating in a series of five shootings, court records show.
Geisinger shares insights on preventing violence in health care
Nov 18, 2024 · “Workplace violence is a recognized hazard in the health care industry,” declares the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It defines the problem as “any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site,” and can include threats, verbal ...
Gun Violence - American Medical Association
Oct 31, 2024 · Gun violence is a public health issue that calls for physician leadership. Read the latest news, studies, and statements on gun violence from the AMA. Browse our latest coverage including firearm safety, gun violence prevention, and more.
Why high court should uphold ban on firearm bump stocks
Feb 21, 2024 · What’s the news: The U.S. Supreme Court is slated to hear oral arguments Feb. 28 in a case that will determine whether bump stocks can be prohibited under a federal law that stops citizens from owning a machine gun. The law defines that term as “any weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot or can readily be restored to shoot automatically ...
Taking steps to prevent violence in health care workplace
Jun 14, 2016 · A new report by the AMA Council on Science and Public Health responds to increasingly common violence directed at physicians and other health care professionals where they work, looking at the trends in violence, solutions that have been tested and barriers to addressing the problem. The AMA adopted policy to help prevent violent acts in the ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Disclosures about victims of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. Nothing in the HIPAA regulations that govern uses and disclosures for which an authorization or opportunity to agree or object is not required (45 CFR §164.512), will be construed to permit disclosures that are prohibited by the provisions of this Final Rule that describe the