How the public health approach can solve gun violence

Name: How the public health approach can solve gun violence
Uploaded: 2019-10-22T16:36:15Z
Duration: 10 min 36 s
Description: "That young man taught me that most of what I thought I knew about gun violence, was actually a myth," says emergency physician and AFFIRM Chief Research Officer Dr. Megan Ranney. In this inspiring talk, she shares what she has learned about what gun violence really is, why public health can work to solve it, her mission to create change.... and 3 steps we all can take to make a difference."

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Megan Ranney |

TEDxProvidence

• October 2019

"That young man taught me that most of what I thought I knew about gun violence, was actually a myth," says emergency physician and AFFIRM Chief Research Officer Dr. Megan Ranney. In this inspiring talk, she shares what she has learned about what gun violence really is, why public health can work to solve it, her mission to create change.... and 3 steps we all can take to make a difference."

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