by Thomas P. Healy Each year, a National Day of Remembrance commemorates victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. The Indianapolis event took place Dec. 4 at the Artsgarden downtown. […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Spurred by a nationwide epidemic of gun violence, nearly 250 mayors from across the country have signed a letter urging Congress to enact pending gun legislation. Penned by the U.S. Conference […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Public health impacts of firearm violence are not limited to victims, their families, and neighbors. The community’s first responders—police, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians—routinely encounter traumatic situations and gruesome circumstances that […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy During an early April violence prevention presentation for Public Health Week 2019, Brittany Yarnell, a surveillance epidemiologist at Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD), shared data compiled from the Centers for […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO) and Eskenazi Health have teamed up to offer presentations that seek to prevent gun violence among young people. Educating Kids About Gun Violence (EKG) is […more…]
