Program to Focus on Advocacy to Reduce Access to Lethal Means
— Anthony Wood, AAS’s Interim Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
WASHINGTON, DC, USA, October 5, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Suicide is a critical public well being concern that has devastating results on people, households, and communities. Due to their nature, firearms are uniquely deadly in a suicidal disaster, accounting for slightly greater than half of all suicide deaths within the United States, or 64 deaths a day, in accordance the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What’s extra, firearms are inherently lethal, with 90% of suicide makes an attempt involving a firearm leading to dying, based on Trends within the Incidence and Lethality of Suicidal Acts within the United States. Those are among the many details that led the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) and Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions to companion to create a Public Policy Toolkit, Education to Action: Policy & Advocacy for Suicide Prevention.
The toolkit and extra shall be mentioned in Education to Action: Policy & Advocacy for Suicide Prevention, a livestreamed lunch and be taught occasion on Thursday October 6 from 1 to 2:30 pm EST.
“Policy and advocacy is a valuable but often underutilized tool for suicide prevention and reducing access to lethal means,” explains Anthony Wood, AAS’s Interim Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer. “This livestream will provide an overview of evidence-informed firearm policies for suicide prevention. Our panelists will share their unique perspectives and expertise from their experiences advocating for policy change for suicide prevention”
The free livestream is open to all however of explicit curiosity to those that want to be taught finest practices for advocating for coverage change. The report the livestream is predicated on covers matters starting from insurance policies to finest practices for advocacy and engagement, perfecting your elevator speech, connecting with elected officers and strategies of amplifying your message.
Livestream hyperlinks:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/868763734039891
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl3nQAMyiag
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About American Association of Suicidology
The American Association of Suicidology is the world’s largest membership-based suicide prevention group. Founded in 1968 by Edwin S. Shneidman, PhD, AAS promotes the analysis of suicide and its prevention, public consciousness applications, public training and coaching for professionals and volunteers. The membership of AAS consists of psychological well being and public well being professionals, researchers, suicide prevention and disaster intervention facilities, faculty districts, disaster heart professionals, survivors of suicide loss, try survivors, and quite a lot of laypersons who’ve in curiosity in suicide prevention. You can be taught extra about AAS at www.suicidology.org.
Responsible reporting on suicide, together with tales of hope and resilience, can forestall extra suicides. Please go to the Media as Partners in Suicide Prevention: Suicide Reporting Recommendations for extra particulars. For extra info, please go to SuicideReportingToolkit.com and Stanford University’s Media and Mental Health Initiative. For disaster companies anyplace on the planet, please go to FindAHelpline.org.
About Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions conducts rigorous analysis and makes use of advocacy to implement evidence-based, equitable insurance policies and applications that can forestall gun violence in our communities. The Center for Gun Violence Solutions combines the experience of the nation’s most revered gun violence researchers with the talents of the nation’s most skilled gun violence prevention advocates. We develop and apply scientific analysis to determine a variety of progressive gun violence options and advocate for systemic modifications. This mixture creates a novel alternative to show public well being analysis into coverage motion that reduces all types of gun violence and saves lives. Learn extra at: https://tinyurl.com/2ytrp9be
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American Association of Suicidology
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