Countering violent extremism (CVE)2 consists of various prevention and intervention approaches to increase the resilience of communities and individuals to radicalization toward violent extremism, to provide nonviolent avenues for expressing grievances, and to educate communities about the threat of recruitment and radicalization to violence. To explore the application of health approaches in communitylevel strategies to countering violent extremism and radicalization, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a 2day 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.
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 healthcentered approaches (e.g., public health, health care, mental and behavioral health) to countering violent extremism and radicalization; and
- opportunities for crosssector and interdisciplinary collaboration and learning among domestic and international stakeholders and organizations (e.g., community and/or faithbased groups, law enforcement, justice system, public health, health care, mental and behavioral health) for countering violent extremism and radicalization.
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