AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute

The US health strategy for decreasing #gunviolence isn’t working, says @ChrisBarsottiMD who advocates for collaboration b/w health and firearms experts to visualize a better future and develop a strategy to achieve it. @ResearchAFFIRM #violenceprevention bit.ly/3wIelr9

A new episode of the Reframe Springfield podcast is live! In our final episode, Dr. Barsotti reflects on previous episodes and the work done in Springfield, MO. Tune in here: affirmresearch.org/reframe-spring… @MercySGF @CoxHealth @JordanValleyCHC @MoFoundHealth @ChrisBarsottiMD

#EPs must connect patients to #community resources at the bedside to help prevent #firearminjuries and #suicide, write @ChrisBarsottiMD and Peter Maier. It’s easier than you think. @ResearchAFFIRM #violenceprevention #SDOH bit.ly/3RefYpc

#EPs must connect patients to #community resources at the bedside to help prevent #firearminjuries and #suicide, write @ChrisBarsottiMD and Peter Maier. It’s easier than you think. @ResearchAFFIRM #violenceprevention #SDOH bit.ly/3RefYpc

Add EMN to your summer reading list & check out these articles by @brandtwriting, @matt_bivens, @poisonreview, @RockyJedickMD, @ChrisBarsottiMD, @ResearchAFFIRM, @WholePhysician, Ruth SoRelle, MPH, & @writergina at EM-News.com. #FOAMed

Patients are willing to discuss #firearms if #EPs approach them nonjudgmentally. Knowing about #safestorage systems & #laws for transferring firearms will help patients at risk for interpersonal or #selfharm, writes Melanie Yates, MD. @ResearchAFFIRM bit.ly/3tb2Vds

What can medical professionals do to help curb gun violence? "Anticipate the needs of our patients and identify that there is a risk," says @ResearchAFFIRM's @ChrisBarsottiMD at #AspenIdeasHealth

Live Now: @ResearchAFFIRM’s @ChrisBarsottiMD, @JeromeAdamsMD, @meganranney & @elizcohencnn discuss ways to utilize public health tools to curb gun violence. aspenideas.org/sessions/curbi… #AspenIdeasHealth

Gun violence is an urgent public health problem. Today at 7:30 pm MT, @ResearchAFFIRM’s @ChrisBarsottiMD, @JeromeAdamsMD, @meganranney & @elizcohencnn will discuss ways to utilize public health tools to curb gun violence at #AspenIdeasHealth. aspenideas.org/sessions/curbi…

Tune into #AspenIdeasHealth to learn about curbing gun violence through public health w/@ResearchAFFIRM’s @ChrisBarsottiMD, @JeromeAdamsMD, @meganranney & @elizcohencnn. Starting here in 15 mins: youtu.be/wAMP32H63cg

Read the latest from @ChrisBarsottiMD, Program Director of AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute, in today's The Wall Street Journal.

The pairing of mental instability with firearm access is a high-risk emergency. With open lines of communication, we can engage the broader public as well, helping Americans to recognize when someone poses a health risk, writes Christopher Barsotti on.wsj.com/3O5OZtG

Check out the Reframe Springfield Podcast, produced in partnership with @ResearchAFFIRM. This work is seeking to address #suicide & #firearm related injuries through a health lens. Learn more here - affirmresearch.org/reframe-spring…

Patients are willing to discuss #firearms if #EPs approach them nonjudgmentally. Knowing about #safestorage systems & #laws for transferring firearms will help patients at risk for interpersonal or #selfharm, writes Melanie Yates, MD. @ResearchAFFIRM bit.ly/3tb2Vds

Today is #NationalGunViolenceAwarenessDay - @ChrisBarsottiMD and @meganranney explain how @ResearchAFFIRM approaches polarizing conversations surrounding firearm injury prevention by treating it as a public health issue. ▶Watch the full conversation: buildingtrust.org/2022/03/a-trus…

It’s that time again. A new issue of EMN is out w/ articles by @kellywongmd; @EMedHome; @matt_bivens; @writergina; @RockyJedickMD; @poisonreview; @ResearchAFFIRM; @blakebriggsMD & @WholePhysician at EM-News.com. #FOAMed