James Dodington, MD

Honored to join these guest to raise awareness around a public health approach to firearm injury prevention. @ynhhealth @YalePediatrics @CTDPH

.@DrJDodington recently talked to @WTNH about summer safety for kids. Watch now to learn about how to prevent #drowning, firework and sparkler injuries, heat-related illnesses, and more: wtnh.com/news/health/he… @YaleMed @YaleMedicine

Learn more about all things Child Passenger Safety in this webinar hosted on 5/22 by @T4CIP_ featuring 4 amazing experts! #CheckBeforeYouChange

Hospital-based violence intervention programs (#HVIPs) reduce gunshot victim reinjuries, lowering the human and financial costs of gun violence. Our new HVIP implementation guide, released with @everytown, offers a costing tool that can be tailored to specific needs & budgets– learn more here: shorturl.at/nwM14

New Double Take video: Drs. @EmmyBetz, Ruth Abaya & @SandyMcKayMD discuss the importance of clinicians having conversations about firearm safety and storage with patients, and they outline high-yield opportunities to have such conversations. Full video: nej.md/3SmdNmf

Congrats to Injury Free board member @LoisLeeMD for her recent induction into the National Academy of Medicine! Here's her quick bio here: "Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, Harvard Medical School; and senior associate in pediatrics, division of emergency medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston. For foundational research on firearm injuries and being the lead author for the American Academy of Pediatrics 2022 Technical Report/Policy Statement on pediatric firearm injury prevention. In an area lacking major research support, she conducted and translated rigorous injury science for policymakers, leading to thousands of prevented injuries."

The #2023HAVIConference was a great opportunity to share the Connecticut Story. It's the beginning of a new chapter with new and and deeper connections to our colleagues across the country. Thank you @TheHAVI #CTHVIP #HartfordCommunitiesThatCare

Through the power of hospital violence intervention programs integration, we had a thought-provoking session led by HAVI-Certified Training Faculty on integrating hospital violence intervention programs into #healthcaresystem. #2023HAVIConference

#2023HAVIConference #QOTD "Stopping people from getting to the operating table is the best way to save lives and that’s what the HAVI is about." - Dr. Selwyn Rogers Jr., MD @selwyn_rogers #PlenarySpeaker #ViolencePrevention

Join us for a warm welcome from Executive Director Fatimah Loren Dreier. Let's leverage this momentum to strengthen the movement toward #racialequity, safety, and justice for all. Don't miss out on this opportunity! #2023HAVIConference

“We have been sounding the alarm on the crisis of gun violence for years, and our big work is just getting started. It is with this urgency that we are here to discuss building a sustainable future for this work.” — @fatimah_loren, HAVI Executive Director #2023HAVIconference

The GVP movement has been pushing for an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and @POTUS once again delivers! This is an important step forward 👇🏽👇🏽wapo.st/3Zqku8h

Exposure to gun violence is harmful to our mental and physical well-being, fueling health inequality in the US. That's the conclusion from our brand new, open access paper now out in @Health_Affairs Scholar. Read on to learn more! 🧵(1/) academic.oup.com/healthaffairss…

Important research by @davidhyang, current @YaleEMS and @Yale_YES Fellow, on #AsianAmerican medical student experiences with anti-Asian racism. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…

#InTheNews: Shooting survivors have ‘distressingly high’ risk of repeat firearm injury, study finds, especially young Black males us.cnn.com/2023/08/28/hea… #HVIPs #PublicHealth #GunViolencePrevention

In their new Forefront article, Dan Piening, Colleen Morris, + @KBFischer from @USC, @GWtweets, + @TheHAVI discuss how State Medicaid agencies had authority to add violence prevention services as a benefit, but were not used until recent actions by CMS. bit.ly/3OwgiQx

In this paper, I along with my co-authors (@KatieNasher, @ambrosehwong, @mollymarkowitz, @drkrissyy, Leah Robinson, and Laura Cramer) highlight that not only are there racial disparities in physical restraint, but those disparities are actually WIDER among girls… 1/

Looking to refine your advocacy skills and do a deeper dive into health policy? This @AcademicPeds Health Policy Scholars Program fellowship is for you! I found this program transformative and met so many incredible mentors and colleagues along the way. academicpeds.org/program/health…

In @wtnh's health headlines, @YaleMedicine physician Dr. Kirsten Bechtel discusses how people can stay healthy during #summer by providing tips to prevent drowning and dehydration: wtnh.com/news/health/he…