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The Los Angeles Department of Public Health's vision is simple: healthy people in healthy communities. The LA Public Health Podcast delivers news, updates, and compelling stories from the largest public health jurisdiction in North America, working every day to achieve health equity for more than 10 million Angelenos in every corner of Los Angeles County and beyond.
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Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
According to the Gun Violence Archive, more than 17,000 people have died so far this year in the U.S. from guns, including more than 100 children under the age of 12. June is Gun Violence Awareness Month, which was created to draw attention to this tragic reality and to help fuel demand life-saving change. Andrea Welsing, Director of the Office of Violence Prevention in the LA County Department of Public Health, joins the podcast to share about gun violence in LA County and how people can get involved to become part of the solution.
Links discussed during the show:
- DPH's Office of Violence Prevention homepage
- OVP's Gun Violence Prevention Platform
- Storytelling Project: Violence, Hope, and Healing in LA County
- Need help? Here is a list of crisis hotlines
Coping with stress and need some help? The Department of Mental Health has online resources.
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