Julie Ward

@julie-a-ward.bsky.social

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Asst. Prof. of Medicine Health & Society + Public Policy @VanderbiltU. Public Health RN w/PhD from JHU. My views.

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 12d

Expansion of MBH services & clinician partnerships, protocol development to better identify best-fit responders, prudent use of extreme risk protection orders, & improved training for safer policing responses are needed to prevent future injuries & deaths. @vuartsci.bsky.social @jhucgvs.bsky.social

Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 12d

Corresponder teams or other mental health professionals were onsite for less than 1% of shootings by police during this time period (2015-2020).

Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 12d

These mental/behavioral health (MBH) involved shootings had 1.7x higher odds of being dispatch-initiated than MBH uninvolved shootings. Also 1.5x higher odds of resulting in death.

But, overall, they were initially identified as suicidal or behavioral health crises only about 1/4 of the time.

Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 12d

New research out today. We describe the injured people & the situational characteristics involved in shootings by police during mental or behavioral health involved policing responses in the US. …Almost 2500 shootings over a 6-yr period - all carefully reviewed (twice!) by my very hard working team.

Mental and behavioral health characteristics among individuals injuriously shot by police in the United States

Criminalization of people experiencing mental illness is systemic, but the conditions surrounding police use-of-force in such encounters are under-examined.To describe mental or behavioral health (...

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Aug 27

I have a list of things we can do to change this tempo of tragedy

The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy

It may feel hopeless today but:

I refuse to give up.

Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 27

BREAKING: Two children were killed and 17 people injured in a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school, police said. The shooter is also dead.

Minnesota governor says a shooting has occurred at a Minneapolis school

Authorities say a shooting has erupted during the first week of classes at a Minneapolis Catholic school. There was no immediate information on any injuries. Gov.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jan 31

I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jan 31

List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Susan Strasser, Philip Bell , and 1 more Brian J. Enquist, Susan Strasser, Philip Bell, Julie Ward

Janessa Goldbeck @janessagoldbeck.bsky.social · Jun 16

This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.

See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package

The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

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UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social · Jun 6

⏳ There is just over a week left to apply for our #postdoc in violence prevention research, with apps due June 15. Please send yours in or share the posting with a qualified applicant! cvp.ucdavis.edu/get-involved...