Yes, You Should Ask If Someone Has Guns in the Home. Here’s How.
1 in 3 children in the U.S. live in a home with at least one firearm. We can save lives by normalizing conversations about guns in the home and how they’re stored.
Research, policy analysis, and agenda-setting public discourse to prevent gun violence
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1 in 3 children in the U.S. live in a home with at least one firearm. We can save lives by normalizing conversations about guns in the home and how they’re stored.
Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of gun violence? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Daniel Webster, ScD '91, MPH, studies policies and programs intended to reduce gun violence and teaches public health approaches to violence prevention.
Cassandra Crifasi, PhD '14, MPH, studies how evidence-based policies and programs can reduce violence and advance equity.
Jon Vernick, JD, MPH '94, promotes and evaluates the ways the law can be used as a tool to promote public health, particularly in the areas of injury and violence prevention.
Shannon Frattaroli, PhD '99, MPH '94, translates evidence about injury and violence prevention into policies and practices that will create safe places for people to thrive.