title: Gang awareness for healthcare professionals.
abstract: All healthcare facilities--not just urban ones--need to train their staff and be equipped to handle gangs and gang-related crime and violence, says the author. This article discusses the various aspects of the ongoing training program in gang awareness for Durham Regional Hospital's Security Department--including types of gangs, their mindsets and what motivates them, and how to identify them as well as their graffiti, colors, hand signals, and tattoos.
authors.affiliation: Durham County Hospital Corporation, NC, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hall-McGee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003020:Clothing; D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina; D012637:Security Measures; D013653:Tattooing; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*