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Preventing Gun Violence
Public Health Perspectives

Summary

PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE: Public Health Perspectives
Presented in Collaboration with Reuters
This Forum event examined gun violence through a public health prism. Panelists talked about patterns of violence, including social forces such as the grinding violence, crime and poverty that disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities. Panelists also discussed President Obama’s recent announcements about gun violence prevention, prompted by a series of mass shootings as well as ongoing urban violence. And they explored dynamics at state and Congressional levels that are impacting public safety measures now and moving forward.

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Presented in Collaboration with Reuters

Background Articles

  • Editorial: Guns and Suicide
    The American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Change in Suicide Rates in Switzerland Before and After Firearm Restriction Resulting From the 2003 “Army XXI” Reform
    The American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Harvard Injury Control Research Center
  • Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
  • Fact Sheet: New Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer
    The White House

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Moderator

Scott Malone
Boston Bureau Chief, Reuters

Expert Participants

David Hemenway
Professor of Health Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center

Felton Earls
Professor of Human Behavior and Development, Emeritus, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Professor of Social Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School

David King
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, and Faculty Chair of Harvard’s Bi-Partisan Program for Newly Elected Members of the U.S. Congress

Mike McLively
Senior Staff Attorney and Urban Gun Violence Initiative Director, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Event Resources

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