Surgeon General’s warning: Firearm Violence Deserves a Public Health Approach
Advisory echoes mission of OHSU Gun Violence Prevention Research Center, working to reduce firearm fatalities and injuries in Oregon United...Read More
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Lund Report: Thinking about gun safety is a doc’s job, physician says
Primary care physician approaches patients with humility and respect while talking about firearms, gun storage and health.
KGW8 News: 48 students caught with guns at school last year in Oregon
Last year, guns were found in 13 school districts in Oregon. Handguns, shotguns and rifles showed up in every type of community.
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OHSU roundtable: Public Health Approach to Reducing Gun Violence
Medical experts, law enforcement, people with lived experience adopt multipronged approach to reducing firearms injury, death. Oregon and the nation...Read More
Kathleen Carlson Receives Trunkey Center Research and Innovation Award
The Donald D. Trunkey Center for Civilian and Combat Casualty Care has announced the winner of their second annual Research...Read More
Joining people and data to address gun violence
Injury epidemiologist Kathleen Carlson, centers collaboration in research to reduce gun violence. Read the full article.
Join The Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue Advisory Committee
Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue Firearms are a leading source of mortality and morbidity in Oregon. Increasingly, they...Read More
OPB: US Firearm Suicide Rate Reaches Record High
The national age-adjusted suicide rate ticked up slightly in 2018, from 14 per 100,000 people in 2017 to 14.2. The...Read More
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