Violence Prevention Task Force

Violence makes an impact on the lives of people across all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds. It can be a result of self-harm (i.e., suicide) or violent acts can be inflicted upon an individual (i.e. physical or sexual abuse). The classification of violence is broad and includes elder and child abuse, intimate partner and teen dating violence, suicide, and many other devastating afflictions.

From 2017-2022, over 15,000 Georgians died from suicide and homicide¹. After unintentional injuries, suicide is the leading cause of death for youth aged 10-14, and homicide is the second leading cause of death for youth and young adults aged 15-25 in the United States.²

Task Force Highlights

The Violence Prevention Task Force is working with the City of Atlanta and the Office of Violence Reduction to support community violence prevention-based efforts.
The Violence Prevention Task Force is also supporting the development of a hospital-based violence prevention intervention at Emory Hillandale and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Members of the IPRCE Violence Prevention Task Force wrote a White Paper on the impact of firearm-related injuries in the state of Georgia. View White Paper (PDF)

Task Force Leaders

Sangmi Kim, PhD, MPH, RN

Assistant Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Sofia Chaudhary, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Nykita Howell, MPH

Program Manager, Georgia Department of Public Health

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Violence Prevention Task Force

The goals of the task force are to set priorities, develop strategic initiatives around the focus, gather information and conduct research to better inform our community, and to oversee the implementation of these initiatives.

Task Force Interest Form