James Dodington, MD
@DrJDodington
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Medical Director, Center for Injury and Violence Prevention, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, @YNHH, @YaleMed, @Yalepediatrics, @yalePediatricEM Views are my own
Connecticut, USA
Joined May 2016
Honored to join these guest to raise awareness around a public health approach to firearm injury prevention. @ynhhealth @YalePediatrics @CTDPH
After high-profile shootings, there’s debate over the politics of guns. But the @Surgeon_General wants us to think about guns through a different lens: public health. Today, @markbardenSHP @DrJDodington and Rev. Sam Saylor join us. Listen on @wnpr
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.@DrJDodington recently talked to @WTNH about summer safety for kids. Watch now to learn about how to prevent #drowning, firework and sparkler injuries, heat-related illnesses, and more: https://t.co/fA1n0erFku
@YaleMed @YaleMedicine
wtnh.com
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — How can you keep children safe in the water? Drowning is the second-leading cause of death for children, and the fifth-leading cause of death across all age groups. …
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Learn more about all things Child Passenger Safety in this webinar hosted on 5/22 by @T4CIP_ featuring 4 amazing experts! #CheckBeforeYouChange
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Hospital-based violence intervention programs (#HVIPs) reduce gunshot victim reinjuries, lowering the human and financial costs of gun violence. Our new HVIP implementation guide, released with @everytown, offers a costing tool that can be tailored to specific needs & budgets–
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New Double Take video: Drs. @EmmyBetz, Ruth Abaya & @SandyMcKayMD discuss the importance of clinicians having conversations about firearm safety and storage with patients, and they outline high-yield opportunities to have such conversations. Full video:
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Congrats to Injury Free board member @LoisLeeMD for her recent induction into the National Academy of Medicine! Here's her quick bio here: "Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, Harvard Medical School; and senior associate in pediatrics,
Congratulations and welcome to the 100 new members elected today to the National Academy of Medicine! #NAMmtg
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The #2023HAVIConference was a great opportunity to share the Connecticut Story. It's the beginning of a new chapter with new and and deeper connections to our colleagues across the country. Thank you @TheHAVI
#CTHVIP #HartfordCommunitiesThatCare
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Through the power of hospital violence intervention programs integration, we had a thought-provoking session led by HAVI-Certified Training Faculty on integrating hospital violence intervention programs into #healthcaresystem. #2023HAVIConference
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#2023HAVIConference #QOTD "Stopping people from getting to the operating table is the best way to save lives and that’s what the HAVI is about." - Dr. Selwyn Rogers Jr., MD @selwyn_rogers #PlenarySpeaker #ViolencePrevention
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Join us for a warm welcome from Executive Director Fatimah Loren Dreier. Let's leverage this momentum to strengthen the movement toward #racialequity, safety, and justice for all. Don't miss out on this opportunity! #2023HAVIConference
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“We have been sounding the alarm on the crisis of gun violence for years, and our big work is just getting started. It is with this urgency that we are here to discuss building a sustainable future for this work.” — @fatimah_loren, HAVI Executive Director #2023HAVIconference
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The GVP movement has been pushing for an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and @POTUS once again delivers! This is an important step forward 👇🏽👇🏽 https://t.co/uGYKzZZ5rO
washingtonpost.com
The move, long been pushed by gun control groups, comes amid stalled progress on gun-safety legislation
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Exposure to gun violence is harmful to our mental and physical well-being, fueling health inequality in the US. That's the conclusion from our brand new, open access paper now out in @Health_Affairs Scholar. Read on to learn more! 🧵(1/) https://t.co/uyEghZkrb7
academic.oup.com
Abstract. Exposure to firearm violence is widespread and disproportionately experienced by communities of color, with implications for broad health dispari
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Important research by @davidhyang, current @YaleEMS and @Yale_YES Fellow, on #AsianAmerican medical student experiences with anti-Asian racism. https://t.co/UnEHm3Bbw7
nbcnews.com
One Pakistani American medical student said his attending physician once joked to a patient, “He’s gonna get his buddies from the Taliban to come after you.”
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#InTheNews: Shooting survivors have ‘distressingly high’ risk of repeat firearm injury, study finds, especially young Black males https://t.co/0sNwBKCTUo
#HVIPs #PublicHealth #GunViolencePrevention
us.cnn.com
About 1 of every 14 gunshot victims will be harmed by a firearm again within a year, according to new research. Within five years, that risk rises to about 1 in 8, and it jumps to about 1 in 6 after...
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In their new Forefront article, Dan Piening, Colleen Morris, + @KBFischer from @USC, @GWtweets, + @TheHAVI discuss how State Medicaid agencies had authority to add violence prevention services as a benefit, but were not used until recent actions by CMS.
healthaffairs.org
State Medicaid agencies had previously had the authority to add violence prevention services as a benefit, but these were not used until recent actions by CMS.
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In this paper, I along with my co-authors (@KatieNasher, @ambrosehwong, @mollymarkowitz, @drkrissyy, Leah Robinson, and Laura Cramer) highlight that not only are there racial disparities in physical restraint, but those disparities are actually WIDER among girls… 1/
This cross-sectional study evaluates racial disparities in physical restraint use in US emergency departments.
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Looking to refine your advocacy skills and do a deeper dive into health policy? This @AcademicPeds Health Policy Scholars Program fellowship is for you! I found this program transformative and met so many incredible mentors and colleagues along the way. https://t.co/vLAd9L6PZG
academicpeds.org
The Health Policy Scholars Program (HPSP) is a 3-year faculty development program designed to educate APA members on the development of a systematic and scholarly approach to health policy and...
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In @wtnh's health headlines, @YaleMedicine physician Dr. Kirsten Bechtel discusses how people can stay healthy during #summer by providing tips to prevent drowning and dehydration:
wtnh.com
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In Monday’s health headlines, a Yale Medicine physician discussed how people can stay healthy during summer by providing tips to prevent drowning and dehydrati…
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