NEW: A national survey estimates that nearly 30 million U.S. adults acquired #firearms after the pandemic, newly exposing about 9 million adults and 6.6 million children to firearms in their home. Read the study for free here: https://bit.ly/4uzr6As

#ThisIsOurLane #GunViolence #FirearmViolence

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Firearm violence rises sharply as more suspects were already on bail


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Proud to share our new @jama.com Summit Report on #FirearmViolence.
60 leaders from medicine, public health, tech & community came together to design a roadmap for a safer world by 2040.

5 key actions.

One vision: save lives.

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Just booked this CPD with the Academy of Forensic Nursing 🔍💥
Looking forward to exploring the forensic, legal & clinical aspects of firearm violence. A powerful and important topic. Starts June 5!

#ForensicNursing #CPD #FirearmViolence #AFN #LifelongLearning #FHP

Engaging Stakeholders With Professional or Lived Experience to Improve Firearm Violence Lexicon Development Framing the public health burden of firearm violence should include people with secondary exposure to firearm violence beyond acute bodily injury, yet such data is limited. Electronic Health Record (EHR) clinical notes leveraged through National Language Processing (NLP) is a potential data source on firearm exposure. As part of NLP lexicon development, diverse stakeholders were engaged to identify keywords. Findings demonstrated that engaging diverse stakeholders adds valuable input that will support NLP development and model performance.

JMIR Formative Res: Engaging Stakeholders With Professional or Lived Experience to Improve Firearm Violence Lexicon Development #FirearmViolence #PublicHealth #NLP #StakeholderEngagement #HealthcareInnovation

California subcommittee explores mental health impacts of firearm violence after Uvalde tragedy Subcommittee led by Keandra Bunch investigates firearm violence's effects on community mental health.

In a groundbreaking meeting, California's Mental Health Services Commission confronts the urgent mental health crisis fueled by firearm violence in the wake of the Uvalde tragedy.

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#CA #CitizenPortal #MentalHealthAccountability #PublicHealthSolutions #FirearmViolence

Stephen Billings Wins Greenwald Award for Excellence in Gun Violence Research - Institute of Behavioral Science Global Real Estate Capital Markets Chair at the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder and IBS Fellow, Stephen Billings has received the Greenwald Award for Excellence in Research on Firearm Violence ...

IBS Fellow and Global Real Estate Markets Chair for #LeedsBusiness, @billingsecon.bsky.social has received the #GreenwaldAward for Excellence in Research on #FirearmViolencePrevention for his paper on legal #concealedcarry of firearms and #firearmviolence.

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Is The Effort To Control Or Ban Handguns Over? | Crime in America.Net Nine percent of violent crimes involve firearms per the USDOJ. Firearm violence has dropped considerably. 400 million Americans own firearms. Support for a ban on handguns in the U.S. has dropped to a...

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Firearm Violence Statistics--281,000 Victims Used Firearms To Defend Themselves | Crime in America.Net Victims used a firearm to threaten or attack the offender in 2% (184,300) of all nonfatal violence excluding simple assault; the offender had a firearm in 45% of these victimizations. In 1% (96,500) o...

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Excited to connect with so many of my #GunViolence #FirearmViolence people on Bluesky this week. I also post about my work in #UnintentionalInjury and #ChildMaltreatment prevention. Let’s keep the conversation going on a different platform!

U.S. surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis in landmark announcement "The safety and well-being of our children and future generations are at stake," the advisory announced Tuesday said.

👇🇺🇸BREAKING: "U.S. surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis in landmark announcement" #GunNation #GunHealthCrisis
#FirearmViolence #DrVivekMurthy #MassShootings
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