To Protect and Serve: Clarifying the Role of Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department
Local police officers and other external law enforcement officers are ubiquitous in emergency departments (EDs) across the country. But the job of law enforcement to protect public safety can sometimes conflict with clinicians’ dedication to patient care while putting...Evidence-Based Approaches to Preventing Firearm Deaths
Terry Richmond and Jo Richardson were part of a virtual seminar of top experts convened by the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard David Institute of Health Economics (LDI) and co-sponsored by the Penn Injury Science Center, discussing the rising public health crisis...
We Do Know How to Curb Gun Violence
The executive director of PHILLY TRUCE, a community partner of the Penn Community Violence Prevention program, wrote an op-ed on their program’s success in reducing gun violence and the lack of recognition and support that is all too common for community-based...
Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action: A Compilation of the Best Available Evidence for Youth and Young Adults
CDC has released the Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action: A Compilation of the Best Available Evidence for Youth and Young Adults to help communities and states focus on strategies with the greatest potential to prevent violence and promote health and...Gun Violence and its Impact on Healthcare
In the United States, there are over 100 gun deaths each day and about 38,000 each year. Despite the number of deaths, lingering health impacts from gunshot wounds, and the psychological impact a gun death or injury can have on a household or community, gun violence...The Impact of Firearm Violence on the Health of our Communities
From the Penn Injury Science Center and Penn Nursing Dr. Therese S. Richmond, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Andrea B. Laporte Professor of Nursing, and Associate Dean for Research & Innovation, discusses the complex factors leading to firearm violence, recognizing the burden...
Firearm Injury Prevention: State of the Science and the Potential of Nurse-Led Research
The National Institute of Nursing Research hosted a workshop to explore how nurse scientists and nursing research can contribute to firearm injury prevention. The workshop includes an examination of current research in various disciplines, with the goal of developing...
Does Hollywood Have a Gun Problem? KCRW Press Play segment ft. Dr. Dan Romer
Following the mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, and Tulsa, Dan Romer joins Madeleine Brand on NPR member station KCRW to discuss the rising prevalence and sanitization of violence in media, arguing that the use of guns as props in Hollywood should be considered more...