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Study highlights need for gun violence prevention efforts in rural areas

Association of Health Care Journalists

For health care journalists looking to cover firearm violence in rural areas, this study offers some larger context for how guns are viewed in those communities, especially among kids, and presents some potential solutions for keeping those kids safe. Ellison is an excellent source on firearm suicide prevention.

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Interactive maps offer ‘more complete picture’ of firearm violence 

Association of Health Care Journalists

Access to daily, timely and accurate data is crucial to helping combat the gun violence epidemic and amplifying coverage of this public health crisis. That’s where the Hope and Heal Fund — a California-based philanthropic organization taking a public health approach to preventing gun violence — comes in.

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New report: Shortfall of big city health detectives poses serious threat to public health response

Big Cities Health Coalition

New (2024) study of big city health departments shows they are in dire need of epidemiologists. The shortfall puts at risk the nations efforts to quickly detect and respond to health threats. Epis use many types of data to understand who gets what diseases or health conditions and determine why and how we can possibly prevent them.

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BCHC urges Congress to invest in CDC’s Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program in FY25

Big Cities Health Coalition

The Big Cities Health Coalition and 50 other organizations urged House and Senate leadership to allocate $38 million in FY25 to the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program (CSP) under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

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City of Atlanta wants to address domestic violence. Front-line survivor advocates say publicity is not enough.

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Seeing a spike in police reports of domestic violence in the first half of this year, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’ office started a publicity campaign urging people to help when they see signs of the crime.

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Male violence against women as a public health issue – reflecting on the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

Better Health For All

These forms of abuse include domestic homicide, domestic abuse, sexual assault, abuse experienced as a child, female genital mutilation (FGM), forced marriage and harassment in work and public life, [3] and manifest in many ways both globally and in the UK. Male violence against women is preventable.

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Super Bowl Rally Shooting Victims Pick Up Pieces, but Gun Violence Haunts Their Lives

KFF Health News

KFF Health News and KCUR are following the stories of people injured during the Feb. Cabrera remembers being moved out of the emergency room at University Health to make room for 12 people who came in from the shooting at the rally, including eight with gunshot wounds. 14 mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration.