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April 2023

Bullets and children. And what to do about it.
Firearms are the leading cause of death for American children. But, like any public health problem, the risk is not equally distributed. Who is dying…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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March 2023

Active shooter drills: Do risks outweigh benefits?
School policies for gun violence are a band-aid for a bullet hole. We need to prevent gun violence upstream. Prevent it from even being a conversation…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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Yet another school mass shooting
Public health touches on all aspects of our lives, not just during a pandemic and not just with infectious diseases. Thanks to your feedback, this…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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June 2022

Firearms: What you can do right now
We need solutions for firearm morbidity and mortality in the U.S. Firearm violence is a leading cause of premature death in the U.S. and the leading…
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Katelyn Jetelina
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It’s hard to explain (and fix) evil
Mass shootings and mental illness
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Katelyn Jetelina
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May 2022

April 2022

March 2021

Mass shootings are predictable.
A little about my day job.
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Katelyn Jetelina
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July 2020

COVID19 and child abuse
Thought I would sprinkle some of my own research in this blog because…why not? For those of you that don’t know, I am a violence and injury…
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