Projects
Our center is responsible for maintaining two databases related to violence prevention for Life Outside of Violence (LOV), the Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program.
STL-HVIP
A repository of clinical information on all hospital visits made for violent injuries from all four level-one trauma centers in the region
LOV
A program facilitated by case workers designed to prevent recidivism for violent injuries at the four participating hospitals. Oversight of these data is provided by a committee of the STL-HVIP body, and are available to researchers and LOV program evaluators by way of an application process.
The St. Louis region experienced a notable decrease in homicides in the year
2003, yet the rate subsequently rebounded. In collaboration, the St. Louis Mental
Health Board, the Center for Community Health Partnership and Research, and
faculty from the Brown School, the Social System Design Lab, and UMSL sought an
explanation. With pilot funding from the Institute for Public Health, the research
team collected data, visualized trends, and conducted interviews to explore the
relationship between crime and funding for violence prevention from 2000-2010 in
the City of St. Louis. Examination of the trends was used to build a systems model,
which was further explored and refined by a group of local funders and health department staff.
Final results suggest that violent crime will continue to oscillate without a sustained collaborative infrastructure to coordinate violence prevention funding; deliver a consistent message to engage the community; and set an ambitious vision for a violence-free community. We continue to work with the Violence Prevention Commission in their data-driven efforts to prevent violence in the region.
Publications
View the latest publications from our team and collaborators.
- CONCLUSIONS: Life Outside Violence has been implemented into clinical practice as the first HVIP to influence across an entire region through partnership with multiple university […]
- IntroductionFirearm injuries are a public health crisis in the US. The National Death Index (NDI) is a well-established, comprehensive database managed by the National Center […]
- CONCLUSIONS: Life Outside Violence has been implemented into clinical practice as the first HVIP to influence across an entire region through partnership with multiple university […]
- CONCLUSIONS: Variability in both the data sources and methods used to evaluate and report recurrent firearm injury limits individual study generalizability of individual and societal […]
- Community violence, particularly gun violence, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in young people in the United States. Because persons experiencing violence-related injuries […]
- CONCLUSIONS: Life Outside Violence has been implemented into clinical practice as the first HVIP to influence across an entire region through partnership with multiple university […]
- CONCLUSION: Vasopressors are being administered via PIVs for ED septic shock patients. Norepinephrine comprised the majority of initial PIV vasopressor administration. There were no documented […]
- CONCLUSIONS: Variability in both the data sources and methods used to evaluate and report recurrent firearm injury limits individual study generalizability of individual and societal […]
- Community violence, particularly gun violence, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in young people in the United States. Because persons experiencing violence-related injuries […]
- The medical community recognizes that firearm injury is a public health problem. Yet we lack both the tools for and the implementation of evidence-based firearm […]
- BACKGROUND: Bacterial vaginosis might increase HIV risk by eliciting genital inflammation and epithelial barrier disruption, whereas vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus is associated with immune quiescence and […]
- Downstream next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the syphilis spirochete Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (T. pallidum) is hindered by low bacterial loads and the overwhelming presence of […]
- CONCLUSIONS: The analysis suggests that NNPTC trainings are reaching the clinical providers working in geographic areas with higher STI rates.
- CONCLUSIONS: Inequities in the initial COVID-19 vaccination and booster rollout in 2 large US metropolitan areas were apparent across racial/ethnic communities, across levels of social […]
- CONCLUSIONS: Healthcare use disruptions impacted a substantial proportion of residents. Future healthcare planning efforts should consider these data to minimize potential morbidity and mortality from […]