Countering Violent Extremism Through Public Health Practice Proceedings of a Workshop (2017) / Chapter Skim
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To explore the application of health approaches in community-level strategies to coun tering violent extremism and radicalization, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a 2-day public workshop called Health Approaches in Community-Level Strategies to Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization. The workshop, held in Washington, DC, on September 7 and 8, 2016, convened speakers with expertise spanning the domains of health care, mental and behavioral health, public health, homeland security, law enforcement, education, civil rights, and countering violent extremism.
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for countering violent extremism and radicalization a The full workshop statement of task can be found in Appendix B Topics explored included • the evolving threat of violent extremism and radicalization within communities across America; • traditional approaches to countering domestic violent extremism and radicalization; • applying health-centered approaches (e.g., public health, health care, mental and behavioral health)
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Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, talked about violent extremism, which has been defined as "the beliefs and actions of people who support or use violence to achieve ideological, religious, or political goals" (Australian Government, 2016)
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Addressing these challenges, she said, will require multidis ciplinary, cross-sectoral approaches that strive to include, engage with, and empower communities. Furthermore, CVE programs that are implemented 3 With the exception of certain types of analogous violence prevention efforts and ap proaches within the domain of public health, particularly those that target gangs.
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She argued that placing violent extremism in the context of violence prevention -- not in political or religious ideology -- will strengthen efforts to prevent violence and better maintain CVE program matic integrity. While many panelists and participants argued that using public health in CVE was potentially dangerous, and raised many civil liberties, ethical, and legal concerns for health professionals and researchers, other partici pants and panelists in the workshop explored how models, strategies, and lessons learned from public health could strengthen and support the CVE enterprise.
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He suggested developing a roadmap for creating viable civically and ethically legally responsible CVE programs for non governmental organizations (NGOs)
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• Approaching violent extremism as a public health issue offers intriguing opportunities. Many speakers, like Michael Downing and Jihad Turk, believed that the best way to prevent individuals from radicalizing to violence was to build strong, healthy, welcom ing, and resilient communities that are hostile to violent extremist ideologies.
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