Policies that Work to Reduce Gun Violence
- Washington, DC
This half-day forum was co-hosted by APHA and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to:
- highlight the most up-to-date evidence on gun violence prevention; and
- elevate the best research on strategies to reduce deaths and injuries stemming from gun violence.
In 2017, there were 39,773 gun deaths in the United States. Firearm suicides, the most common form of firearm-related death, have risen steadily since 1999, and the number of people killed or injured in public mass shootings has increased dramatically over the past decade.
Scientific evidence can inform solutions to the national epidemic of gun violence. To complement the national discussion of important legislation to expand background checks, this forum examined the data behind other policies that can save many lives.
SPEAKERS:
Georges Benjamin, MD; Charles Branas, PhD; Shani Buggs, PhD, MPH; Carnell Cooper, MD; Cassandra Crifasi, PhD; Linda Christine DeGutis, DrPH; Shannon Frattaroli, PhD; Joshua Sharfstein, MD; Jeffrey Swanson, PhD; Daniel Webster, ScD; April Zeoli, PhD, MPH
- Brief speaker bios (PDF)
- Read our Public Health Newswire Q&A with Benjamin and Sharfstein
- Download the full agenda (PDF)
- Download slides from the forum (PDF): Introduction and Overview, Panel 1, Panel 2
- Read about the forum in this article from The Nation's Health
RELATED STUDIES AND MORE RESOURCES
APHA Gun Violence Prevention Fact Sheet (PDF) State Background Checks: A Comparison of Three Types of Laws (PDF) - Policies to Prevent Illegal Acquisition of Firearms: Impacts on Diversions of Guns for Criminal Use, Violence, and Suicide (PDF)
- Analysis of Strength of Legal Firearm Restrictions for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Their Associations With Intimate Partner Homicide (PDF)
- Trends in Public Opinion of US Gun Laws: Majorities of Gun Owners and Non-Gun Owners Support a Range of Measures (PDF)
- APHA's Gun Violence page