Generous funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (15BJA-24-GG-03108-CVIP), supports the work of ENCOMPASS (Engaging Networks within the Community of Omaha to Maintain and Promote a Safe Society), a hospital-based violence intervention program located at Nebraska Medicine/University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). It is 1 of 51 programs across the United States, that offers intensive case management to victims of violence (e.g., gunshot wound, stabbing, assault). Through ENCOMPASS, Violence Intervention Specialists serve as credible messengers who begin by building trust and relationships upon an eligible patient’s hospital admission for injuries; mental health specialists screen victims for post-traumatic distress and substance use disorder; and social workers begin long-term intensive case management services inpatient, which are extended into the outpatient environment.
The team includes Nebraska Medicine/UNMC’s Dr. Charity Evans, MD, MHCM, FACS, Jennifer Burt, Ph.D., Ashley Farrens, MSN, MBA, RN, and Ashley (Raposo) Campell, MPH with UNO SCCJ’s Tara Richards, Ph.D., Lane Gillespie, Ph.D., Mark Foxall, Ph.D., and Gaylene Armstrong, Ph.D.; SCCJ graduate students, Liz Mavis and Carisma Jano, also provide research assistance.
On-going research and evaluation efforts ensure that ENCOMPASS is meeting its goals and objectives including wholistically addressing patient’s needs, reducing reinjury, and decreasing criminal justice system contacts. Products from the Teams’ evaluation efforts can be found below.
- Assessing Risk Factors for Victims of Violence in a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program, published in Trauma Care, 3, 308-320, 2023.
- Baseline Needs Assessment for a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program 1-Year Pilot Intervention Program 1-Year Pilot, published in Trauma Care, 2, 373-380, 2022.
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