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Gun Violence Assignment
Environmental Health
Open this document and type answers in bold into this word document. Bullets are acceptable. Submit to D2L March 1 before 12:30pm.
Read Deaths from Gun Violence: How the U.S. Compares with the Rest of the World.
What stands out to you as you read this data?
Were you aware of this data prior to reading this article?
Read CHART: How have your members of congress voted on Gun Bills?
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/
What did you learn about your representatives?
Why is it important that we know this information?
What can we do about this?
Research why gun violence research is blocked by Congress and the administration. Start with page 650 in your text and then search additional credible sources.
Explain why federal support for gun violence research is blocked.
What does the congressman who created this policy think about it now?
What are your thoughts and feelings about this block?
What should we do about this as public health professionals/advocates?
Read How to Reduce Shootings.
https://www.nytimes.com/
What surprised you about these?
Which should we focus on first? WHY?
Which do you think will be the most challenging to implement? WHY?
What can you/we do to advocate for more of these?
Read Guest Commentary: It’s time to take action and end the gun violence epidemic.
http://www.modernhealthcare.
What three things does Dr. Geoges Benjamin (director of APHA) suggest we do? What are your thoughts on these?
What does he suggest we compare gun violence prevention strategies to?
” On an average day, 91 people are killed with a firearm, seven of them children, with another 200 injured. Many of these tragedies are preventable.” He firmly states that gun violence is preventable. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? WHY?
Academic Public Health and the Firearm Crisis: An Agenda for Action AND Preventing Gun violence APHA
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
https://www.apha.org/~/media/
What did you learn from reading these?
With this information, what do you believe we should do as public health professionals/advocates?