Reducing Violence and Firearm Misuse That Leads to Injury and Death

Kody Kinsley; Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson; Eddie M Buffaloe Jr; William Lassiter

doi:10.18043/001c.81261

Reducing Violence and Firearm Misuse That Leads to Injury and Death

N C Med J. 2023 Jul;84(4):210-214. doi: 10.18043/001c.81261.

Authors

Kody Kinsley¹, Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson², Eddie M Buffaloe Jr³, William Lassiter⁴

Affiliations

¹ Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
² State Health Director and Chief Medical Officer, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
³ Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
⁴ Deputy Secretary for Juvenile Justice, North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

PMID: 39302294
DOI: 10.18043/001c.81261

Abstract

A 2022 white paper released by the state of North Carolina recommends a public health approach to reducing firearm injury and death. This commentary describes the impetus, rationale, process, and context for releasing the white paper and identifies progress and next steps in this effort.

Keywords: Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson; Kody Kinsley; firearm deaths; health policy; injury and violence prevention; ncdhhs; north carolina; public health; state policy; white paper.

Publication types

Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Firearms* / legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
North Carolina / epidemiology
Public Health
Violence* / prevention & control
Wounds, Gunshot* / mortality
Wounds, Gunshot* / prevention & control