Emory Violence Prevention Task Force

Community violence prevention workforce developmentProgram

The Emory injury center and local partners wrote a shared set of core skills for Atlanta's community violence prevention workers and plan a training needs assessment.

Join the Violence Prevention Task ForceProgram

The task force sets priorities, plans projects on violence prevention, does research, and oversees the work. People who want to take part can fill out the Task Force Interest Form on the task force page.

Support for community and hospital-based violence preventionProgram

The task force works with the City of Atlanta and its Office of Violence Reduction to support community violence prevention efforts. It also helps develop a hospital-based violence prevention program at Emory Hillandale and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Violence prevention research and collaborationService

The task force gathers information and does research on violence to help inform the community. Related projects look at topics like firearms and suicide, intimate partner violence, and youth violence. Members also wrote a white paper on firearm-related injuries in Georgia.

Violence Prevention Task Force meetingsProgram

Monthly meetings of about 90 minutes where researchers, medical professionals, students and community members set priorities and plan ways to reduce violence.