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Hear from experts working to reduce firearm injury
Asking Saves Kids
Asking parents and guardians questions about the presence of a firearm in the home can save childrens' lives.
AAP Guidelines for Gun Safety and Children
Guidelines and resources on firearm safety and children by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Massachusetts Aging and Mental Health Coalition
Resources and information specific to elders, suicide, dementia, and firearms.
Safety in Dementia
A decision aid for caregivers of individual's with dementia on how to improve their safety in the home, while driving, and when they have firearm access.
Lock to Live
An online decision aid to support healthcare providers counsel patients on how to identify and find safe options to store lethal means during times of crisis.
Suicide acts in 8 states: incidence and case fatality rates by demographics and method
This study examined incidence rates of medically identified suicide acts (self-inflicted injuries, either fatal or nonfatal) and case fatality rates by age, sex, race, and method used.
Lifetime suicide risk in major depression: sex and age determinants
Recent work has demonstrated that the lifetime suicide risk for patients with DSM IV Major Depression cannot mathematically approximate the accepted figure of 15%. Gender and age significantly affect both the prevalence of major depression and suicide risk.
Preventing Firearm Suicide
If you’re giving a presentation on suicide and firearms, these 25 slides from BulletPoints are available for your use.
Chronic pain and suicide: understanding the association.
Chronic pain conditions are associated with an elevated risk for suicide.
Limiting access to lethal means: applying the social ecological model for firearm suicide prevention
This paper outlines a novel application of the social ecological model (SEM) for firearm suicide prevention.
Implementation and Effectiveness of Connecticut’s Risk-Based Gun Removal Law: Does it Prevent Suicides?
Developing practical, effective, and legally sustainable policies to separate firearms from people at risk of harming themselves or others presents a potentially important, but challenging, public health opportunity for gun violence prevention in the United States.
Association of Increased Safe Household Firearm Storage With Firearm Suicide and Unintentional Death Among US Youths
Results of this modeling study suggest that a relatively modest uptake of a straightforward safe storage recommendation - lock all household firearms - could result in meaningful reductions in firearm suicide and unintentional firearm fatalities among youth. Approaches that will motivate additional parents to store firearms safely are needed.