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The FIPI team, led by Dr. Emmy Betz, has made tremendous contributions to military medicine through their work to prevent firearm-related injuries and death, specifically firearm suicide prevention since 2023. Within the DOD, suicide is consistently a leading cause of death, with firearms accounting for 65-81% of suicides across components in CY2022. Data indicate ready access to a firearm increases the risk of death by suicide. To address the growing epidemic of military firearm suicide, the FIPI has developed unique, individual, and community-based lethal means safety approaches that incorporate psychosocial risk factors, personal beliefs around firearms, and novel strategies for education.
| Date Taken: | 08.26.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 08.26.2024 09:48 |
| Category: | Video Productions |
| Video ID: | 934932 |
| VIRIN: | 240826-O-VJ360-8220 |
| Filename: | DOD_110528182 |
| Length: | 00:02:20 |
| Location: | US |
| Downloads: | 8 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 8 |
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