January 31, 2023

2: A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence

21 minutes

On January 7, a six-year-old in Newport News, Virginia shot and wounded his teacher. As of 2020, firearm injury is the leading cause of death among children in America. We discuss the public health implications of rising gun violence, the medical community’s response, and which policy interventions can promote community safety.

Discussants

The Honorable David M. Satterfield, Director, Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy

Rola El-Serag, M.D., L.E. and Virginia Simmons Senior Fellow in Health Policy, Director of the Center for Health & Biosciences, Baker Institute for Public Policy

Sandra McKay, M.D., FAAP, Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy, Baker Institute for Public Policy; General Pediatrician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Bindi Naik-Mathuria, M.D., MPH, FACS, FAAP, Fellow in Firearm Injury Prevention and Safety, Baker Institute for Public Policy; Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital

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