Preventing the invisible plague of firearm suicide.

Runyan, Carol S. Wolf; Brown, Talia L.; Brooks‐Russell, Ashley

doi:10.1037/ort0000065

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“…Moreover, this is a critical time to ensure that knowledge regarding the risk associated with firearm access is disseminated to rural communities. It may be particularly important to implement public health messaging that communicates the benefits associated with safe firearm storage (eg, locked, unloaded), 42 as well as options for temporarily reducing firearm access for individuals at elevated risk for suicide 43,44 …”

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Preventing Suicide in Rural Communities During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Monteith

Holliday

Brown

et al. 2020

The Journal of Rural Health

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COVID-19, mental health, psychology, social determinants of health, utilization of health services. Individuals in rural communities are at increased risk for suicide. 1,2 While the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to unfold, 3 it is likely that suicide risk factors among individuals residing in rural areas will be exacerbated and suicide rates may subsequently increase. 4 Awareness of these factors is essential to ensure that appropriate steps are taken to prevent suicide in rural communities, both during and in the aftermath of this pandemic. In this commentary, we delineate key considerations for doing so, with potential solutions summarized in Table 1.

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Section: Access To Firearmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preventing Suicide in Rural Communities During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Monteith

Holliday

Brown

et al. 2020

The Journal of Rural Health

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“…23 It is also important for health care professionals in particular, as well as the general public, to realize that suicide is preventable and that safe storage of firearms is a strategy that has demonstrated effectiveness. 13,24,25 At the same time, influential organizations should be encouraged to help tailor their approaches in ways that address the barriers identified. For health care providers, addressable barriers include provider ignorance or discomfort discussing firearms, 13,26 as firearms are a sensitive topic and providers might fear alienating patients or potentially violating state laws.…”

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Points of Influence for Lethal Means Counseling and Safe Gun Storage Practices

Runyan

Brooks‐Russell

Betz

2019

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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“…We know that comprehensive research strategies have dramatically decreased total motor vehicle deaths and age-adjusted death rates over the past three decades, even after accounting for increases in road travel ( Figure ). Had we, as Rep. Dickey and others have suggested, 1 , 7 , 8 applied similar strategies from public health and medical research to firearm injury, we might be in a very different spot today. But because we lack critical information on the epidemiology of firearm violence and on the effectiveness of various strategies to prevent it, the number and rates of firearm deaths have remained steady.…”

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confidence: 99%