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AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute

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  • AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute is the nation's leading non-profit dedicated to ending the American firearm injury epidemic using a health-based approach. AFFIRM combines health expertise with the knowledge and traditions of responsible firearm stewardship to achieve consensus recommendations.
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Episodes
  • Physicians as Bystanders

    Physicians as Bystanders
    Aug 5 2022
    Today's episode concludes this podcast series. Dr. Christopher Barsotti sits down with Public Health Specialist, Peter Maier, to reflect on previous episodes and provide a concise overview of initiatives carried out. Dr. Barsotti discusses the complexities of social emergency medicine and how relationships at every level of public health can reduce the number of firearm injury and suicide victims that come into an emergency room. He shares his insight on how emergency medicine doctors have become public health champions by default due to their close proximity to community tragedies. This episode concludes by revealing future plans for interventions and steps that community members can take to support one another long before a tragedy occurs.
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    25 mins
  • Stepping Away from Stigma

    Stepping Away from Stigma
    Jul 11 2022
    In today’s episode, AAI Program Manager and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Katherine Palm, spoke with Andrea Wells, a psych nurse at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She discusses the impact of stigma on addressing mental health needs in her practice and how these play into reducing firearm injury and suicide. She concludes by sharing how to build trust with patients and how to facilitate tough conversations with family members and friends who are closest to these situations.
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    20 mins
  • On the Front Lines of Firearm Injury and Suicide Prevention; An EMS Perspective

    On the Front Lines of Firearm Injury and Suicide Prevention; An EMS Perspective
    Jul 11 2022
    In today’s episode, AAI’s Program Manager, Andrew Langlois sits down to chat with Luke Walker, the director of EMS services at Mercy EMS at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. They discuss the important and often forgotten role of EMS professionals in their efforts to reduce firearm injury and suicide on the frontlines. More often than not, EMS are first on scene and are faced with the difficulties of providing medical care while simultaneously supporting the impacted victims and bystanders. Luke walks us through his unique role as an EMS director and public safety officer and shares his perspective on how mental health services can be better utilized throughout his community.
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    19 mins
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