Every day, children are injured or killed by guns in this country. As a public health epidemic, gun violence is preventable using clinical and public health approaches that combine sensible policy, improved surveillance, research to identify best practices, and evidence-informed cross-sectoral primary prevention and intervention efforts. As the trend of gun violence continues to affect the general population, our chapter is dedicated helping safety efforts around the pediatric population. Make sure to checkout the resources below.
For more information on this issue and AAP-CA2’s efforts email the chapter’s Firearm Injury Prevention Champion, Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum.
