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Where do we go from here? A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence Prevention Lindsey Myers , MPH Violence and Injury Prevention-Mental Health Promotion Branch Chief Prevention Services Division DATA SLIFirearm Access Any loaded, Any firearms

  1. Where do we go from here? A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence Prevention Lindsey Myers , MPH Violence and Injury Prevention-Mental Health Promotion Branch Chief Prevention Services Division

  9. DATA SLIFirearm Access Any loaded, Any firearms now unlocked firearms kept in and around now kept in or your home Any loaded around your home firearms now kept 36% 7% in or around your home 12% Source: 2018 BRFSS

  10. Shared Risk and Protective Factors

  12. Social Ecological Model

  13. Learn from Other Public Health Successes

  14. PRIORITIES ● Man Therapy ● Gun Shop Project ● Colorado Follow-Up Project ● Zero Suicide OFFICE OF ● Community Initiatives SUICIDE ● Sources of Strength PREVENTION ● Support Training for Mental Health/Substance Abuse Providers ● Empower Primary Care to Address Suicide Risk

  15. Colorado Gun Shop Project

  16. ED CALM

  18. GOAL Give communities skills they need to empower all youth to thrive by preventing substance use and promoting mental health. COMMUNITIES THAT CARE

  19. Apply a public health approach. Support gun violence research. TAKE ACTION Expand suicide prevention efforts. Focus on shared risk and protective factors. Evaluate.

  21. THANKS! More questions? Lindsey Myers, MPH lindsey.myers@state.co.us

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