Violence Prevention and Intervention
Pivot to Peace Intervention Network
UofL Hospital is part of Pivot to Peace, a community network dedicated to reducing violence in our city. Our Community Health Workers and trauma Social Workers support patients who have been hospitalized due to a violent injury and their families.
Through the Pivot to Peace Intervention Network, we can provide resources during and beyond hospitalization for your specific needs, including:
- Post-discharge follow-up
- Case management
- Counseling
- Art therapy
- Job placement
- Educational opportunities
- Housing and utility supports
We are committed to working with you and your family to find the connections you need to stay safe and move forward with your life.
Future Healers
Future Healers aims to build stronger bridges between the Louisville health care community and our city’s youth most impacted by gun violence. Youth ages 4-14 are offered monthly educational and mentorship sessions that support their learning, health, and relationship building. Future Healers is a partnership between UofL Health, Christopher 2X Game Changers, the University of Louisville School of Medicine’s Student National Medical Association, and the Chestnut Street YMCA. Read more: https://UofLHealth.org/Future-Healers
Motivated Individuals Navigating Trauma (MINT)
MINT is an initiative to support survivors of gun violence as they re-enter the community by providing therapeutic supports, creative social events, and relationship building with fellow survivors. The group meets monthly for conversation, food and activities.
Roadway Safety
Vision Zero Network
UofL Hospital is part of the Louisville Metro Government’s Vision Zero Network, a community network that works towards the goal of zero deaths or serious injury on Metro roads. This group works to collect and report data about crashes in Louisville, prioritize infrastructure improvements, and collective advocacy.
Victim Impact Panels
UofL Hospital partners with Mothers Against Drunk Driving to host regular Victim Impact Panels. These classes are offered to community members as an educational resource, fostering empathy and understanding of the risks and tragedies of impaired driving crashes, leading to lasting changes in behavior, preventing future offenses and offering various recovery resources.
Questions? Please contact:
Jess Brown, AICP, MPA
Injury Prevention Manager
502-561-8809
Jessica.E.Brown@UofLHealth.org
Clinical Trial Notice
Dr. Brian Harbrecht, Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at UofL and Director of Trauma Surgery at UofL Hospital, and Dr. Raymond Orthober, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director of Louisville Metro EMS, will lead UofL's participation in a Department of Defense (DOD)-funded clinical trial aimed at improving survival among people who have difficulty breathing after a trauma.
UofL will join nearly two dozen emergency medical service agencies across the country in the prehospital Airway Control Trial (PACT), which is an $8.8 million, four-year study, beginning at the end of 2019 that will test different strategies to help patients breathe at the scene of trauma to see if one works better than another at increasing survival.
This is an “exception from informed consent” trial, which means that since the trial requires performing a potentially life-saving procedure in traumatically injured patients who are too injured to give consent to the trial, they will be automatically enrolled if they fit the criteria. Once patients are stable, they and/or their families will be notified that they were enrolled, and they can opt out of continued participation at that point. Learn more at https://www.LitesNetwork.org/Pact-Efic.
