Health systems interventions to prevent firearm injuries and death

2019

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Report
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies)
National Academies Press (NAP)

The Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop that examined the roles that health systems can play in addressing the prevalence of firearm violence, including suicide, in the United States. This publication summarizes the discussions held during the workshop and highlighted the lessons, practical strategies and opportunities for healthcare systems that were identified by the speakers to prevent firearm injury and death.