Rethink Part 2: Talking about firearm injury and gun violence

Hosted by the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and AFFIRM


Firearms are the method used in a large proportion of suicides, homicides and non-fatal interpersonal assaults in the United States. Talking about these topics can be difficult, and the language we use in health conversations matters. Healthcare providers may want to counsel patients at risk of violence or self-harm about firearm safety and this session will help them find the language to use. Firearm owners and organizations may also want to help in suicide and violence prevention efforts and this session will help them with language, too. Mutual understanding of language can help clinicians, researchers, and the public better work together to prevent firearm injuries and deaths. This webinar will continue and build on the discussion from the first webinar (video available here: https://youtu.be/BptxpXS6n_g)


Guest speakers:


• Jill Harkavy-Friedman, Ph.D. (Vice President of Research at the American Foundation for Suicide Research)
• Fatimah Loren Dreier, MS (Executive Director of the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention)
• Rob Pincus (Educator, author, and entrepreneur who has worked in the firearms industry for over 20 years)


Moderators:
• Emmy Betz, MD, MPH (Director of the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative)
• Megan Ranney, MD, MPH (Chief Research Officer at AFFIRM)