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Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda
COMMITTEE ON PRIORITIES FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH AGENDA TO REDUCE THE THREAT OF FIREARM-RELATED VIOLENCE
Monday, April 22, 2013
Room 201
National Academies Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW
Keck Building
Washington, DC 20001
OPEN SESSION
BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
Session objectives: To obtain a better understanding of the background to the study and the charge to the committee. To have a discussion with the study sponsor about what a public health agenda should and should not include. To consider a process for prioritizing a research agenda.
3:30 p.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair |
3:45 p.m. | Background and Charge to the Committee |
LINDA DEGUTIS |
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4:15 p.m. | Committee Discussion with Sponsor |
5:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Strategies and Criteria to Prioritize a Research Agenda |
DAVID FLEMING |
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DEAN JAMISON |
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5:30 p.m. | Committee Discussion with Panelists |
6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Room 100
National Academies Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Background:
Firearms are often a factor in both self-directed and interpersonal violencerelated deaths and injuries, and understanding more about the relationship between firearms and violence is essential to improving population health and safety. Critical information is needed to improve our understanding of how best to prevent firearm-related violence and its consequences, including
• Conducting research to identify risks and protective factors for gun violence to guide effective prevention strategies.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions to prevent gun-related violence, including those likely to have the greatest public health impact.
This workshop will invite stakeholders to provide input on potential themes of a research agenda that will examine how to prevent gun violence, including firearm homicides, suicides, and nonfatal injuries, the interventions and prevention strategies that are currently used and that need to be evaluated as well as new and innovative strategies, and the variety of risk and protective factors associated with firearms. The proposed agenda should identify research questions that can be answered in the short term that can lead to the greatest public health impact and research questions that can shed light on the characteristics of gun violence and the potential to prevent gun violence.
Meeting Objectives:
The workshop will seek to explore potential research topics in the following five areas: (1) characteristics of gun violence, (2) interventions and strategies, (3) technology, (4) video games and other media, and (5) risk and protective factors. Identified research topics should be those that can be answered in the short term and those that can lead to the greatest public health impact.
OPEN SESSION
8:30 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks |
JUDITH SALERNO |
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ROBERT HAUSER |
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8:35 a.m. | Committee Introductions and Meeting Objectives |
ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair |
8:45 a.m. | Context for and Charge to the Committee |
LINDA DEGUTIS Director |
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9:00 a.m. | Discussion with the Committee |
SESSION I: DATA GAPS IN POLICY DISCUSSIONS
Session objective: Identify data and evidence-based research needs that may inform ongoing and future policy discussions as they relate to gun-related violence and prevention.
9:15 a.m. | Session Objectives |
ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair |
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9:20 a.m. | Panel Discussion: What Research Is Needed to Help to Inform Policy |
RICHARD FELDMAN |
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PHILIP COOK |
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DANIEL GROSS |
KEITH HOTLE |
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JOHN FRAZER |
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10:20 a.m. | Discussion with Committee |
ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair |
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11:00 a.m. | BREAK |
SESSION II: OVERVIEW OF ONGOING VIOLENCE RESEARCH
Session objectives: Review currently funded research topics for gun-related violence and prevention. Explore relevant key areas of research currently being conducted on non-gun-related violence and prevention.
11:15 a.m. | Panel Discussion: Gun Violence and Prevention Research Activities |
STEPHEN HARGARTEN, Moderator |
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NINA VINIK |
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DANIEL WEBSTER |
GREG RIDGEWAY |
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PAUL BLACKMAN |
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12:15 p.m. | Discussion with Committee |
STEPHEN HARGARTEN, Moderator |
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12:45 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Ongoing Non-Gun-Related Violence and Prevention Research |
STEPHEN HARGARTEN, Moderator |
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JULIA DA SILVA |
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DEBORAH GORMAN-SMITH |
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MATTHEW MILLER |
JACQUELYN CAMPBELL |
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2:30 p.m. | Discussion with Committee |
STEPHEN HARGARTEN, Moderator |
SESSION III: PUBLIC COMMENT
Session objective: Seek public comment from interested stakeholders about key research topics for a public health research agenda that would assess the causes of gun violence and evaluate existing or potential public health interventions to prevent firearm-related violence.
Note: To accommodate requests, speakers will be strictly limited to 3 minutes.
3:00 p.m. | Public Comment: Topics for a Public Health Research Agenda on Gun Violence |
ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair |
SESSION IV: RESEARCH PRIORITIES: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Session objectives: Identify key public health research that would assess the causes of gun violence and evaluate existing or potential public health interventions to prevent firearm-related violence. Provide an evidence base for why that research is needed.
3:30 p.m. | Session Objectives |
ALAN LESHNER, Committee Chair |
3:45-6:00 p.m. | Breakout Panels A (Room 100) B (Room 204) C (Room 202) D (Room 206) E (Room 110) |
BREAKOUT A: CHARACTERISTICS OF GUN VIOLENCE
Breakout objective: Identify research questions necessary to improve understanding of the characteristics of both fatal and nonfatal gun violence.
3:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Characteristics of Gun Violence |
SUSAN SORENSON, Moderator |
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JAY CORZINE |
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SHELDON GREENBERG |
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DAVID HEMENWAY Director |
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JON VERNICK |
5:00 p.m. | Discussion with Committee and Participants |
SUSAN SORENSON, Moderator |
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6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
BREAKOUT B: INTERVENTION RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Breakout objective: Identify research questions that are necessary to improve understanding of the effectiveness of interventions and strategies to prevent or reduce gun-related injuries. These may include, but should not be limited to, research questions related to the impact of public education campaigns, youth access to and use of guns, safe storage practices, access to guns, and improved personal protection.
3:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Intervention Research Priorities |
JEFF RUNGE, Moderator |
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ROSEANNA ANDER |
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CHARLES BRANAS |
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CARLISLE MOODY |
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GAREN WINTEMUTE |
5:00 p.m. | Discussion with Committee and Participants |
JEFF RUNGE, Moderator |
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6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
BREAKOUT C: TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Breakout objective: Identify research questions related to potential technologies that may reduce gun-related violence, including how guns and ammunition can be designed and engineered to improve safety and prevent misuse.
3:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Technology Research Priorities |
DONALD CARLUCCI, Moderator |
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JOSEPH DOWLING |
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MARK GREENE |
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DONALD SEBASTIAN |
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STEPHEN TERET |
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5:00 p.m. | Discussion with Committee and Participants |
DONALD CARLUCCI, Moderator |
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6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
BREAKOUT D: VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER MEDIA
Breakout objective: Identify questions that improve understanding of the impact of violence in video games, the media, and social media on real-life violence.
3:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Research Priorities to Understand the Impact of Video Games and Other Media |
RONALD KESSLER, Moderator |
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BRAD BUSHMAN |
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CHRISTOPHER FERGUSON |
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NADINE KASLOW |
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JOHN MURRAY |
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5:00 p.m. | Discussion with Committee and Participants |
RONALD KESSLER, Moderator |
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6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
BREAKOUT E: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Breakout objective: Identify research questions that will assess potential risk and protective factors and other critical issues, such as socioeconomic and sociocultural environments.
3:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Risk and Protective Factors Research Priorities |
JOHN RICH, Moderator |
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JAMES GILLIGAN |
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ARTHUR KELLERMANN |
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SHARON LAMBERT |
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DEANNA WILKINSON |
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5:00 p.m. | Discussion with Committee and Participants |
JOHN RICH, Moderator |
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6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |