Adolescent Mental Health & Gun Violence Tip Sheet

This tip sheet is the product of the dedicated work of one of our 2023 FAST Fellows, Joseph Wright, with support from our fellow Conner Allen. 

Many thanks to the stellar advisory council for their expertise, guidance and support in developing this tip sheet at our 2023 CSS Creative Collaboration Think Tank, funded by the Funders for Adolescent Science Translation.

Thank you to each CSS intern who provided research assistance for this project, and the CSS staff for supporting the tip sheet's production, design, and release.

AVOID THESE THINGS WHEN PORTRAYING GUN VIOLENCE


The New England Journal of Medicine describes an effort to use storytelling to combat gun violence.

This series of brief case studies offers glimpses of various initiatives, each of which aims to address a particular manifestation of discrimination in medicine or health care. Click here to read the report.

Resources

New CDC report highlights differences in secure firearm storage behaviors.

CDC researchers examined Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data from eight states to better understand firearm storage behaviors. Click here to read the report.

The Frameworks Institute with their partners from the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting (PCGVR) and with support from the Stoneleigh Foundation, created this toolkit that includes guidance to help communicators avoid harmful, stigmatizing narratives while telling more humanizing, complete stories that build understanding and support for a public health approach to addressing gun violence. Click here to read more.

NEW: U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a landmark Advisory declaring firearm violence in America to be a public health crisis with devastating and far-reaching consequences for the nation's health and well-being. Learn more: surgeongeneral.gov/firearm-violence | @surgeon_general 


Advisory Council

Jamila Hunter, Macro Television Studios 

Matt Berkowitz, Atomic Cartoons & Thunderbird Ent. 

Max Vadset, Teen Council Member 

Rick Loverd, National Academy of Sciences 

Nicole Starr, Participant Media

Aina Marzia, Teen Council Member 

Tukio Machini, Everytown for Gun Safety

Sophie Yan, Everytown for Gun Safety

Nina Vinik, Project Unloaded 

CSS Interns

Caitlin Ballantyne & Quincy Solomon

Authors

Joseph Wright, PhD Candidate, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies  

Conner Allen, Communications Specialist, The Johns Hopkins University Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Special thanks to: