Healthy Homes, Healthy Communities: The Promise of Violence Prevention - California

Policy Brief - August 2013 (4 pgs)

Our knowledge and understanding of the cycle of violence and its health consequences has both expanded and been

refined over the past several years. Interpersonal and community violence are common and often have negative short- and long-term impacts on physical and mental health. Health care costs for individuals exposed to violence are high, and societal costs related to violence in communities are even higher. Historically, funding and programs to address specific types of violence (e.g., child abuse, intimate partner violence, bullying, gang violence) have been fragmented. As the intersections between family violence, community violence, and health are becoming better understood, there are opportunities to implement new violence prevention strategies that use a coordinated and comprehensive approach.

http://www.cahpf.org/docuserfiles/ViolencePrev_Brief_Web_final.pdf

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