Educational Materials
The FIPP team knows healthcare providers are busy. We have done some legwork and compiled a list of resources for you, your patients, and their families. We have reviewed these websites to provide reliable and current firearm safety information..
How to Counsel
The first two resources come from the University of California at Davis-based BulletPoints Project. This website provides a wealth of information, tools, handouts, and videos on the topic of firearms and their intersection with health care.
How to Counsel - talking with patients about firearms.
Clinical Scenarios – information about who is at risk for firearm injury and ways to address it.
Safe Storage of Firearms Videos - examples of counseling videos from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Firearms and Firearm Storage Information
Many health care providers are uncomfortable counseling patients about firearms because they are unfamiliar with guns. This video is presented by a clinician who also uses firearms and demonstrates different firearm types, how they work, how they may be used, and safe storage methods.
Types of Firearm Storage - BeSMART's Guide to Secure Gun Storage Devices
BeSMART provides and breakdown of the different firearm storage options and the cost range for each.
Suicide and Firearms
Suicide and Firearms
This BulletPoints page provides an overview of the intersection of suicide and firearms and as well as additional resources around this topic.
Suicide & Trauma Reduction Initiative for Veterans
This is a video from the Suicide & Trauma Reduction Initiative for VEterans shows counseling at-risk patients.
Patient Handouts
BulletPoints Project Downloadable Handouts
Handouts are available in English and Spanish.
BeSMART Firearm Injury Prevention Handouts
A variety of handouts to share with your patients and their families, some available in Spanish.
Older Adults
Dementia and Firearms
BulletPoints Project dementia overview and additional resources.
Firearm Life Plan
Resources for developing a personal firearm safety plan
Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate Partner Violence | The BulletPoints Project
Learn more about firearms and their impact on Intimate Partner Violence.
Healing Through Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law (HEAL) Collaborative
HEAL provides mental health, legal, and social services to individuals who are 18 years of age and older to help ensure safety and well-being.
Willow Domestic Violence Center of Greater Rochester
National Domestic Violence Hotline - 800-799-7233
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO)
Information about NY State ERPO laws provided by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health