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Hear from experts working to reduce firearm injury
Promoting Firearm Safety as a Suicide Prevention Strategy Within Health Care Systems: Challenges and Recommendations
In 2017, half of the 47,173 suicides in the United States were firearm related. Health care systems have an important role in promoting firearm-related lethal-means safety, a key component of suicide prevention programs.
CDC Fast Stats on Suicide
You can explore raw annual data and trends over time for suicide and firearm suicide in the US.
Breaking Through Barriers: The Emerging Role of HCP Training Programs in Firearm Suicide Prevention
Health care providers can conduct lethal means safety counseling when a patient is at risk for suicide.
Prevent Firearm Suicide
Firearms are the most commonly used method of suicide in the United States. A multilevel approach to suicide prevention can save lives.
Patient Handout (Spanish)
The patient handout available in Spanish from a UC Davis resource, What You Can Do Project, that helps the general public assess firearm safety at home. El folleto está disponible en español también.
Prevent Firearm Suicide: Tools from EFSGV
EFSGV provides educational materials, initiatives, research, and resources for societal, community, relationship, and individual-level interventions for suicide prevention.
Parenting in the Age of School Shootings
An editorial by Dr. Amy Barnhorst published in Psychology Today.
Preventing Firearm-Related Injury and Death: A Targeted Intervention
Learn the background and practical knowledge necessary to intervene with patients to reduce firearm-related harm.
Acceptability and Use of Evidence-Based Practices for Firearm Storage in Pediatric Primary Care.
This study provides important insights about areas of focus for future implementation efforts from policy and research perspectives.