Public Health Research on Gun Violence: Long Overdue

Firearm violence is a defining public health challenge of our time. Effective public health strategies have reduced other threats to public health and are built on research to identify patterns of risk, illuminate productive targets for intervention, and assess the effectiveness of interventions. The authors discuss priorities for a research agenda developed by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council to reduce the threat of firearm-related violence.

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