Advocacy
Critical Care
Emergency Medicine
General Pediatrics
Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health
Injury Prevention
Public Health
School and Community Health
Trainee
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD (she/her/hers)
Professor of Pediatrics, Senior Vice Chair of Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Our country is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of firearm injuries and deaths. Firearm injuries are now the third leading cause of death in children. Despite unintentional firearm injuries being more common in younger children, more childhood deaths are associated with firearm use with intent to injure. For targeted injury prevention efforts to be effective, we must first understand the circumstance surrounding firearm injuries in children, adolescents, and emerging adults. Prevention, management, and recovery of firearm injuries requires a multidisciplinary approach. However, there remain gaps in knowledge and resources for effective interventions, clinical practice guidelines, tracking outcomes, and assessing the social, emotional, and financial impact of critical violent injuries within communities and healthcare systems.
This panel is comprised of members of the American Pediatric Society’s Council on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity and represent multiple subspecialties with expertise in clinical practice, education, research, and public policy. The panel will discuss the emergency management of pediatric firearm injuries, the critical role of interdisciplinary collaboration, the impact on families and resources available to support them through recovery. Experts will highlight the disparate impact of firearm access and injuries on youth in carceral settings, and the unmet needs surrounding physical and emotional trauma. This session will outline best practices for community-based firearm injury prevention that attendees can implement within their own settings.
Chair: Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chair: Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Speaker: April McNeill-Johnson, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Speaker: Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD – Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital
Speaker: Xavier Williams, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – UNC Children's Hospital
Speaker: Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
