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Using National Evidence to set Gun Violence Prevention Priorities for Children

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 3:20 PM - 3:35 PM

Dan Gross, President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence , Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Washington, DC
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
This presentation will focus on utilizing evidence and advocacy to change culture, laws, and commercial interests to set priorities for gun violence prevention in America. A key part of reducing gun violence includes understanding how to change how we think about the guns in our communities and in our homes. There are over 300 million guns in America. Most are owned by law-abiding citizens without harmful or dangerous intent, yet they result in more than two-thirds of all gun deaths. Too often these tragedies occur because guns are purchased or owned without giving proper weight to the risks of bringing guns into the home and unsafe access to those guns.  For example, through public awareness and education campaigns based upon science that encourage us to consider gun safety part of what that it means to be a responsible parent, spouse or friend, the Brady Campaign’s “ASK” and “Suicide-Proof Your Home” campaigns are evidence that we can and are having a significant impact on these preventable gun deaths and injuries.

Learning Areas:

Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
List at least two factors necessary for building a national campaign to prevent gun violence; Identify two major barriers to preventing gun violence in America and the interventions that effectively address these barriers, and; Describe at least one effective strategy for community level action to address gun violence.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Mr. Gross is the President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. For more than 10 years, he has worked in this role to develop policy to control gun violence. His experiences, challenges, and proposed solutions/next steps will be discussed in this presentation.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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