Hospitals could play bigger role in preventing gun violence, study says [whyy.org]

A new study suggests hospital emergency rooms across the country could play a bigger role in preventing gun violence.

“The emergency department may be [gunshot victims’] only contact with the health care system, and what we know is that represents an opportunity to try and prevent a repeat injury,” said Dr. Kit Delgado, assistant professor of emergency medicine and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the researchers on the study.

One way trauma centers are working to prevent gun violence is through hospital-based intervention programs that can provide counseling and even educate people on gun safety.

[For more on this story by Ximena Conde, go to https://whyy.org/articles/hosp...violence-study-says/]