The nonpartisan (AHSG), an initiative of the Aspen Institute, released a new report that examines the need to reduce firearm injury and proposes opportunities for health systems to play a role in developing comprehensive solutions. was produced through a year-long, in-depth study and the consensus of 19 senior leaders in the public and private sectors. The report advances “Five Big Ideas†to reduce the health harms associated with firearms:
- The health sector should lead in efforts to reduce the harms of firearm injury.
- The right to keep and bear arms should be understood to encompass responsibilities that promote firearm safety.
- Firearms should be less readily available to people at risk of self-harm or harming others.
- Models that reduce levels of community violence should be supported and expanded.
- The nation should close the information gaps that impede our ability to reduce firearm injury.
President of the National Academy of Medicine (ذكذكتسٍ¤) Victor J. Dzau is a member of the AHSG and participated in the development of the report. The AHSG is co-chaired by former Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and former U.S. Senator William Frist. Among the AHSG members who participated in the report are ذكذكتسٍ¤ members Richard Besser (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), Harvey Fineberg (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; former ذكذكتسٍ¤ president), Helene Gayle (Spelman College), David J. Skorton (Association of American Medical Colleges), and Antonia Villarruel (University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing).
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