Child Injury Prevention: Safer Storage of Firearms Day-of-Action on 10/27/21

Dr. Joshua Prudent is a 3rd year pediatric resident at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and the District Resident Representative to the American Academy of Pediatrics for District 5 (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Ontario). He did medical school at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Maryland, and initially came from the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

Following residency, Josh plans to spend some time working in an urgent care setting before pursuing fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology. His advocacy interests include immigrant/refugee rights, vaccine advocacy, youth mental/behavioral health, childhood injury prevention and secure pediatric research funding.

[00:01] Dr. Joshua Prudent Shares His Story With Us

• Welcome to the bonus episode of Pediatric Meltdown!
• Here’s why this episode is special
• I introduce and welcome Dr. Joshua Prudent

[02:09] Advocacy on Safe Storage of Firearms

• Joshua gives us a sneak peek about the Trainees for Child Injury Prevention (T4CIP)
• He talks about their advocacy on #saferstorage of firearms
• Is there a 100% safe option?
• How to give advice people who own firearms
• Joshua shares the mission of the Day of Action on safer storage of firearms

[12:51] Participating in the Day of Action

• How to participate in the Day of Action through our social media accounts
• The kinds of images that we can use for the Day of Action
• Attend T4CIP’s webinar on speaking up for child health
• What people should realize about firearm injuries on children
• The difference between young children and old children

[22:55] Closing Segment

• Final takeaways:
• 4.6 million children live in a home with a firearm, and every two hours and 48 minutes a child dies as a result of a firearm injury.
• The conversations are hard and the emotions run high. But we must be able to talk about keeping kids safe.
• While the safest home for a child is one without a gun, safer storage is the next best thing.
• Removing a firearm from the home needs to be a heart to heart conversation

Key Quotes:

“One of the big goals of this year's campaign is to try to get more families, more community organizations involved in the Day of Action.” - Dr. Joshua Prudent

“Firearm safety has always been a big topic of interest for advocates, especially in the realm of childhood injury.” - Dr. Joshua Prudent

Email johua.prudent@nationwidechildrens.org to reach out to Joshua or check out https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/ to know more about his work.

• REGISTER to this webinar by the T4CIP on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 at 12-1 p.m. ET: Why Ask?: Speaking Up for Child Health
• USE the hashtag #SaferStorage to continue the conversation on Twitter at 2-3pm EST.
• SHARE your thoughts and messages all day in all your social media platforms #SaferStorage
• Join the conversation on Twitter @CIRPatNCH

Resources Mentioned:

• Trainees for Child Injury Prevention