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5 Essential Frameworks for Preventing Violent Child Death

The U.S. has a violent child death problem. Developing strategies to prevent violent child deaths death from firearms and traffic crashes is a demanding task that requires consideration of numerous upstream, interrelated, and tangential issues. To help safety advocates develop strategies to prevent violent child death, we compiled five frameworks to help: Understand and explain …
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What Are the Risk and Protective Factors for Violent Child Death?

Gun violence and traffic crashes may seem like unpredictable events. But they are not random. They are systematic. Data reveal trends and patterns in gun violence and traffic crashes that can help us identify risk factors and protective factors. This is especially important for addressing violent child deaths. So what does the data show? Join …
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From Guns to Roads: We Need a Public Health Approach to America’s Violent Child Death Problem

Did you know guns and traffic crashes are the leading causes of death for youth ages 1-19. These deaths are problematic and unacceptable for four key reasons. First, these child deaths are unnatural and violent. Second, child deaths from guns and traffic crashes and firearms have risen since 2013, with spikes 2020. Third, traffic and …
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