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Policing Is a Public Health Issue: The Important Role of Health …

(3 days ago) WEBLaw Enforcement Practices as a Public Health Issue. Policing practices have profound implications for death and illness, including direct and indirect physical and mental harm, and violent practices that disproportionately target and harm Black, Indigenous, and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8807347/

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Police Violence: Reducing the Harms of Policing Through Public …

(7 days ago) WEBAfter decades of activism led by marginalized communities, the American Public Health Association (APHA) recently declared police violence a public health issue …

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307107

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Fatal police violence in the USA: a public health issue

(3 days ago) WEBPreventable violent deaths of people of colour at the hands of police in the USA have been overlooked as a public health issue. Many victims of police violence have become household names, like George Floyd, whose …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02145-0/fulltext

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Policing with a public health lens – Moving towards an …

(3 days ago) WEBAs a final point, when adopting a public health model, this will also allow policing organizations to offer health-oriented strategies to address health-related concerns of police officers themselves, such as …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0032258X211009577

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Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue

(6 days ago) WEBPrevalence, impacts, and inequities: Law enforcement violence is a critical public health issue. Consistent with domains of violence defined by the World Health …

https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2019/01/29/law-enforcement-violence

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Why police brutality is a matter of public health

(6 days ago) WEBPhysicians’ responsibility to act. Dr. Maybank argued that police brutality is a public health issue. “People are dying. That’s our business, whether they are dying through a slow violence, such as …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/why-police-brutality-matter-public-health

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Policing and Public Health - International Association of Chiefs of …

(6 days ago) WEBPolicing and Public Health. The mission of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is to advance the policing profession through advocacy, research, outreach, and …

https://www.theiacp.org/publichealth

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APHA calls out police violence as a public health crisis

(4 days ago) WEBContact APHA Media Relations, 202-777-3913. A statement from APHA Executive Director Georges C. Benjamin, MD. The American Public Health Association …

https://www.apha.org/news-and-media/news-releases/apha-news-releases/2020/apha-calls-out-police-violence

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Police Transparency Is A Public Health Issue, Too

(1 days ago) WEBPolice Transparency Is A Public Health Issue, Too. Health inequities are not new, but they have gained new attention in recent months. COVID-19’s disproportionate …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/police-transparency-public-health-issue-too

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Police Violence Is a Public Health Issue - JSTOR Daily

(9 days ago) WEBFeldman suggests that public health professionals could help push public policy away from the use of police to address issues like drug use, problem drinking, homelessness, and mental illness—all of …

https://daily.jstor.org/yes-police-violence-is-a-public-health-issue/

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Why Police Brutality Is a Public Health Issue SELF

(3 days ago) WEBPolice brutality directly causes death and injury. The most direct connection between police violence and public health is the fact that police violence kills people. And perhaps the clearest

https://www.self.com/story/police-brutality-public-health-issue

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Health Disparities in Police Officers: Comparisons to the U.S.

(3 days ago) WEBNearly one-half (46.9%) of the officers worked a non-day shift compared to 9% of U.S. workers. The percent of officers with depression was nearly double (12.0% vs. 6.8%) …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734372/

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Police Violence is a Public Health Issue - Drexel University

(3 days ago) WEBFebruary 2021. Violence perpetrated by law enforcement is a critical public health issue. Prior studies show Black people experience a higher risk of police-inflicted violence, …

https://drexel.edu/uhc/resources/briefs/Police%20Violence%20is%20a%20Public%20Health%20Issue/

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Mental crisis calls to police can be deadly. Cities try new ways to

(4 days ago) WEBAbout 1 in 5 people killed by police since 2015 were having a mental health crisis. Like other cities, Philadelphia is trying a new approach: sending along social …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/09/1203342875/cities-know-the-way-police-respond-to-mental-crisis-calls-needs-to-change-but-ho

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Why Police Are Still Handling Mental-Health Crises - The Atlantic

(8 days ago) WEBFebruary 22, 2022. DURHAM, N.C. — When the murder of George Floyd in 2020 sparked widespread demand for police reforms, some cities moved to announce major overhauls …

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/mental-health-crisis-police-intervention/622842/

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Police, violence, and social justice: A call for research and

(2 days ago) WEBObjective: Black people compose 13% of the U.S. population but 23% of fatal police shootings (McLeod et al., 2020). Numerous studies have documented the negative …

https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2022-82060-001.html

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Issues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to Mental …

(2 days ago) WEBIssues in Law Enforcement Reform: Responding to Mental Health Crises Congressional Research Service 1 aw enforcement officers1 are frequently the first …

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47285

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A Roadmap for Re-imagining Public Safety in the United States

(4 days ago) WEBA Roadmap for Re-imagining Public Safety in the United States: 14 Recommendations on Policing, Community Investment, and Accountability. Human …

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/12/roadmap-re-imagining-public-safety-united-states

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Police stressors and health: a state-of-the-art review - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBThe police stress environment. Sources of stress in policing may be classified into two general categories (Shane, 2010): those arising from “job content” which include work …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400077/

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Why Public Health Faces a Crisis Across the U.S. - The New York …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Times interviewed more than 140 local health officials, public health experts and lawmakers, reviewed new state laws, analyzed local government …

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/coronavirus-public-health.html

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Racism is a public health issue and ‘police brutality must stop

(4 days ago) WEBAd Feedback. The American Medical Association on Friday released a joint statement from its board chair Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld and president Dr. Patrice Harris …

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/health/racism-public-health-issue-police-brutality-wellness-bn/index.html

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Serious Health Risks Among Police Officers Due To Stress

(8 days ago) WEBThe study involved 464 police officers and the findings revealed that compared with 32% of the general population, 40% of police offers were obese and that …

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247781

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