Jessica H. Beard, MD, MPH, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care and Director of Trauma Research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, joined WURD to discuss gun violence. Discussion topics included: New research led by Dr. Beard on the impact of news media reports of interpersonal firearm violence presented through an episodic lens on recently firearm-injured people; how a mass shooting is defined; the root causes of gun violence; and what a public health approach to gun violence would look like. Dr. Beard’s segment begins around the 30:06 mark and goes until 55:47.
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