Expanding hospital and community support for people hurt by violence in Arkansas
The HVIP+ Community Model: A Community Violence Prevention Program in a Southern State
A program that links hospitals, clinics, and community partners to help Arkansans who survive violent injuries get medical, rehab, and mental health support.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Little Rock, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11053044 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you were hurt by community violence, this project would expand the University of Arkansas’s hospital-based violence intervention team to reach more counties around Little Rock, including rural areas. The team will partner with local agencies, regional clinics, and telemedicine to offer medical follow-up, physical therapy, behavioral health, and social support. The program combines hospital services with community-based resources at multiple levels to try to improve recovery and reduce repeat injury. Researchers will follow people across participating counties to see how well the program connects survivors to needed care.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are people who recently survived a violent injury and live in Little Rock or participating Central Arkansas counties and who are willing to work with hospital and community support teams.
Not a fit: People who live outside the Central Arkansas service area, were not injured in community violence, or do not want support services are unlikely to benefit from this program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could give survivors faster access to rehab and mental health care and lower the risk of repeat violent injury.
How similar studies have performed: Hospital-based violence intervention programs in other cities have shown promise in reducing repeat injuries and improving service connections, but this combined, multi-county model is less tested in rural settings.
Where this research is happening
Little Rock, United States
- Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis — Little Rock, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Lovelady, Nakita — Univ of Arkansas for Med Scis
- Study coordinator: Lovelady, Nakita
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.