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Hear from experts working to reduce firearm injury
November 9, 2022
Why Reducing Access to Firearms Can Prevent Veteran Suicide
Dr. Meredith Sears, a psychologist within the San Francisco VA Healthcare System, discusses how addressing firearm access is critical to suicide prevention efforts in the military veteran population.
BlogOctober 18, 2022
What We Talk About When We Talk About “Gun Safety”
Dr. David Yamane discusses the different understandings of what constitutes gun safety and how recognizing these viewpoints is an important first step toward bridging divides between clinicians and gun-owning patients in the interest of better health outcomes.
BlogAugust 10, 2022
When the Impact of Gun Violence is Personal and Professional
Robin Cogan discusses her own personal connection to mass shootings as well as her professional experience with firearm violence as a school nurse and the most effective strategies to create safe and supportive school environments.
BlogJuly 12, 2022
Voluntary Self-Prohibition: The Suicide Prevention Tool I Wish My Doctors Could Offer Me
Bryan Barks shares how her own experience with suicidality led her to become an advocate for voluntary self-prohibition laws and how and when clinicians can offer patients this tool in states where it exists.
BlogApril 11, 2022
Leveraging Social Work to Address Gun Violence: A Call to Action
Drs. Mickey Sperlich and Patricia Logan-Greene of University at Buffalo School of Social Work discuss the role of social workers in firearm injury prevention and share tools and techniques social workers can utilize to address gun violence with their clients.
BlogMarch 9, 2022
Finding Common Ground: Engaging the Firearms Community in Firearm Injury Research
Chris Knoepke talks about the importance of bridging the seeming cultural divide between firearm violence researchers and the firearms community in pursuit of the shared goal of preventing firearm injuries and deaths.
BlogFebruary 8, 2022
5 Things You Should Know About Domestic Violence and Firearms
Lisa Geller delves into 5 facts about domestic violence and firearm-related injury and death, opportunities for prevention, and how clinicians are in a unique position to help a patient experiencing domestic violence.
BlogJanuary 13, 2022
The Role of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Providers in Firearm Injury Prevention
Avery Baldwin discusses how providing training on firearm-related injury prevention to EMS providers could help keep them safe while responding to calls, reduce firearm-related injuries in their patients, and provide valuable insight to receiving hospitals.
BlogMay 25, 2021
COVID-19 and Firearm Injury and Death
BulletPoints' team member, Rameesha Asif-Sattar, discusses how the coronavirus pandemic's socioeconomic impacts in combination with the rise in gun purchasing increases the risk of firearm injury and death in the US.
BlogDecember 11, 2020
Giving Clinicians the Tools They Need to Prevent Firearm Injury in Their Patients
Clinicians are on the front lines of the firearm violence epidemic, yet firearm injury prevention remains largely absent from training programs. Learn how #ThisIsOurLane led to the creation of a team dedicated to clinical strategies for firearm injury prevention.
BlogSeptember 23, 2020
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We’re excited to present this resource on firearm injury prevention designed for medical and mental health clinicians and educators. Together, we can shape the future of firearm injury prevention.