Social, economic, and environmental factors, such as safe and healthy environments play a large role in determining the health status of public housing residents. Health Centers located in or immediately accessible to public housing developments are more likely to be in areas with higher rates of violent crime, defined as murder, rape, robbery, and assault. As a result, Health Centers serving public housing residents have developed violence prevention and intervention programs critical to improving the physical and mental health of their patients. The purpose of this webinar was to present findings from a case study report that documented best practices and examples of violence prevention and intervention programs in public housing communities. Guest speakers from Opportunities Industrialization Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and Genesee Health Systems in Flint, Michigan discussed lessons learned and successful strategies they used to address and prevent violence at their Health Center.
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