<unk>  is a community-based approach to reducing communal and interpersonal<unk>  that treats<unk>  as a public health problem. This type of model was created by the organization Cure<unk>  Global. Individuals providing<unk>  services are known as<unk>  interrupters. Techniques used include mediation and measures to address underlying causes of<unk>  such as poverty. These mediations are usually between rival gangs. The<unk>  interrupters are people who have lived experience and usually come from the neighborhoods they work in. Maintaining respect and trust from the community is of the utmost importance to foster strong relationships with the individuals who are being served so that they maintain their credibility as messengers. They also help these individuals access services that can address the underlying root causes of an individual's actions. For example, job training and job placement. The initiatives use a public health model to prevent<unk>  and crime by treating them as diseases. As of 2018 initiatives were in place in Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Baltimore and other US cities, as well as in London and Glasgow.<unk>  is distinct from law enforcement as an approach to ending<unk> , although the two approaches can sometimes be regarded as complementary to one another. The component that makes this strategy so successful is the community partner agencies and the interrupters themselves. The Health Alliance for<unk>  Intervention (HAVI) is a network of hospital-based<unk>  intervention programs that cultivate relationships between the hospitals and community social service agencies to provide resources and services to victims of gun<unk> . Oakland California implemented a hospital-based<unk>  intervention program to conduct research and assess the effectiveness of this model of<unk>  intervention. The participants were predominantly Black and Latino youth between the ages of 12 to 20 years old. Youth that had received an intervention at the hospital were less likely to be arrested for any offenses by 70% and less likely to continue committing crimes by 60%. During the COVID-19 pandemic,<unk>  interrupters helped encourage social distancing, hand washing, and other measures to limit viral spread and helped distribute food and supplies in the areas they served.
Violence interruption
Tapotement
Suicide intervention
Deinstitutionalisation
Wake therapy
Capital punishment
Decapitation
Involuntary treatment