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Gun Violence: A Public

Health Epidemic

#PublicHealthAwarenessWeek

Sources: efsgv.org, preventfirearmsuicide.efsgv.org, disarmed.org, cdc.gov

Public Health Approach Model
The public health approach prevents injury,
disease, and death in a population using research,
data, and effective policies & programs.

How the
1. Define the problem
Use data to determine the problem.
model works

2. Identify risk & protective factors

What are the causes?
What factors contribute to it?
3. Evaluate interventions
What works to address the problem?
4. Implement interventions
Now that we know what program/policy
works, put it into wide-spread practice.
Sources: nnedv.org, cdc.gov, who.int, efsgv.org
 Gun Violence:A
Public Health
Epidemic:
The science of reducing and Gun violence:
Facts and stats
preventing injury through the use of
data and effective policies.
The firearm homicide rate
in the U.S. is 25 times
25 X
higher than in other
industrialized countries.

3/4 homicides
Access to a firearm in the home are committed
increases the odds of suicide with a firearm.
more than three-fold and
homicide by double Intimate partner homicide
A women is 5 times
more likely to be
5X murdered when her
abuser has
access to a gun

Sources: https://efsgv.org/learn/learn-more-about-gun-violence/public-health-approach-to-gun-
violence-prevention; Grinshteyn et al., Am J Med, 2019; CDC WISQARS; Anglemyer, Ann Int Med, 2014;
Sorenson et. al., Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2018; Petrosky et. al, MMWR 2017; Campbell et al.Am J
Public Health. 2003
 North Carolina Numbers:
2019

1,397 deaths in North Carolina

(116 children and teens)

Suicides comprised 56% of gun

deaths in our state

Source: CDC WISQARS

 Gun violence deaths include:
gun suicides,
gun homicides,
unintentional (accidental) shootings,
legal intervention (police shootings)

All types of gun deaths are

preventable, and
have unique causes and
evidence (research) based
solutions.
Putting evidence-based solutions
into widespread practice will
keep more North Carolinians safe from gun violence.

Learn more at https://www.ncgv.org