University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative

This past weekend, FIPI Collaboration & Partnerships Coordinator, Matt Wetenkamp attended a gun show in Pueblo, CO, where he distributed over 160 lockboxes to event attendees and talked with attendees about the secure storage and firearm suicide prevention. Be sure to stop by our table at the upcoming Castle Rock Tanner Gun Show to pick up a free locking device!

Did you know that the majority of firearm-related deaths in Colorado and nationally are suicides? The good news is that suicidal crises are often brief, which means that putting time and space between a person and a lethal method, such as a firearm, can be lifesaving. The University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative has created several resources to help people learn about options and resources for secure firearm storage, which can help avert firearm suicides as well as prevent firearm misuse and theft. Check out FIPI's Secure Storage Fact Sheet for more information ??https://lnkd.in/gyfcFXyg Watch FIPI's tutorial on?how to correctly use various locking devices?? https://lnkd.in/gcvdvbjk #NationalInjuryPreventionDay #BeInjuryFree #SecureStorage #FirearmInjuryPrevention #SuicidePrevention | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Colorado School of Public Health | University of Colorado School of Medicine

FIPI affiliate faculty members Leslie Barnard, MPH, DrPH, and Ashley Brooks-Russell, PhD, MPH, were recently interviewed by Denver’s 9News concerning law enforcement’s use of Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Colorado. Watch the full segment ?? https://lnkd.in/gXQ69WJE?

New publication! ?? FIPI affiliates Ashley Hollo, MD, MPH and Maya Haasz, MD and co-authors analyzed data from the Gun Violence Archive to identify injury characteristics associated with fatality in?unintentional shooting incidents involving adolescents.? Check out the full article ? https://lnkd.in/gx94g2Tt?

We had a wonderful time decorating bags for Project Angel Heart with our friends at the Injury & Violence Prevention Center as part of the Colorado School of Public Health’s Volunteer Week! ??

Today, FIPI faculty and staff had the opportunity to meet with a group of state officials to share the work that FIPI does and discuss how our state can approach firearm injury prevention from a non-partisan, evidence-based lens. Thank you to Lily G. at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and University of Colorado Office of Government Relations for bringing this group together! We are excited to continue these important discussions about how everyone can play a role in firearm injury prevention.

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FIPI faculty and staff have been collaborating with Arapahoe County Child Protection Services to pilot a secure firearm storage intervention aimed at preventing firearm injuries among households receiving CPS and are now also working to extend intervention training and availability to Arapahoe County Public Health. Last week, FIPI faculty and staff trained a group on how to deliver the intervention, which provides households with:? ??no-cost secure firearm storage devices? ??handouts on secure firearm storage practices? ??educational materials on recognizing crisis warning signs? ??information on mental health resources?

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New publication! ?? FIPI faculty affiliate, Laura Vargas, PhD, and co-authors, Eugenio Weigend, PhD, and Jason Goldstick, PhD, surveyed 321 majority Spanish-speaking adults who were migrating from a Latin American or Caribbean country to the U.S. on their experiences with previous firearm-related threats. Read the full article ?? https://lnkd.in/gTsFTZk6 University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention